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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- Spot59
- Crevalle jack58
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Red drum56
- Summer flounder55
- Gray snapper54
- King mackerel54
- Black drum50
- Black sea bass49
- Southern flounder49
- Spotted seatrout48
- Florida pompano47
- Sheepshead45
- Weakfish45
- Gray triggerfish44
- Red snapper44
- Gag grouper43
- Red grouper43
- Spanish mackerel42
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny37
- Cobia36
- Bluefish30
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 361 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Low0.6 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
21Tide: Low slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
72Wind: 13 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Zack Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Zack Creek
Zack Creek is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, Florida pompano and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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
- Horsepen Point67
Cape · 1.3 mi
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- Atlantic tarpon 65
- Crevalle jack 63
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- Codds Creek59
Gut · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Crevalle jack 56
- Spot 56
13 kt ENEH 7:09 PM · 1.8 ftL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ft
- Try Yard Creek59
Gut · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Crevalle jack 56
- Spot 56
13 kt ENEH 7:09 PM · 1.8 ftL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ft
- Mullet Cove56
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 56
- Crevalle jack 56
- Spot 55
13 kt ENEH 7:09 PM · 1.8 ftL 2:15 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.