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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spot63
- Florida pompano59
- King mackerel54
- Gray snapper53
- Atlantic tarpon52
- Crevalle jack51
- Red drum51
- Summer flounder47
- Red snapper45
- Little tunny44
- Gray triggerfish42
- Black sea bass41
- Spanish mackerel41
- Gag grouper40
- Greater amberjack40
- Red grouper40
- Black drum39
- Weakfish39
- Sheepshead36
- Bluefish35
- Cobia35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3510 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Monday, Oct 5 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
91Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 8 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
92Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
29Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
White Point
- Depth
- Up to 5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing White Point
White Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is up to 5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, king mackerel and gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, red snapper, little tunny and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 63
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- Point of Grass Creek69
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 68
- Red drum 60
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- Cross Shoal Channel65
Channel · 1.9 mi
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- Spot 62
- Florida pompano 52
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- Hall Point64
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 63
- Florida pompano 59
12 kt NEL 4:30 AM · 0.2 ftH 9:40 AM · 0.6 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with NCDMF before you keep a fish.