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Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia

76/100Great

Now: 346 AM CDT
Best window: 5-8 PMEbb tide
Tide now: High1.3 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Mon · 83

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 6 AM · now

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Time6ANOW

Score34Fair

Tide1.3 ftHigh

CurrentFlood1.8 kn · toward NNW

Wind8 kn ESEgusts 11 · steady

Sea stateLight chop1.8 ft · 4 s

Air temp86°Hot

WeatherClear12% cloud

Water88°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Texas state waters (shore to 9 nautical miles, bays included)

IN EFFECT NOW

Cobia

Retention open

Daily limit: 1 per day
Possession: 2 in possession
Size: Minimum 40 in, total length
Season: No closed season on file
Annual quota: Not published
Other: The possession limit is double the daily bag and does not count fish stored at your residence. While fishing, you may not hold more than the daily bag.

From TPWD 2026-27 Outdoor Annual, Cobia Bag & Length Limits, read Sep 13

Other species here

Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
Gag grouper Retention open (2 per day)
Gray triggerfish Retention open (20 per day)
Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
Red drum Retention open (3 per day)
Red snapper Retention open (4 per day)
Sailfish Retention open
Sheepshead Retention open (5 per day)
Snook Retention open (1 per day)
Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
Striped bass Retention open (5 per day)
Tarpon Retention open (1 per day)

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Source: TPWD · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Aransas Channel

Depth: 1-20 ftSlope
Structure: Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · slope
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 Aransas Channel

Aransas Channel is a channel in Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays, Texas. Depth is 1-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 15 species here; the best right now are Atlantic tarpon, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, Atlantic croaker, red drum and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for gray snapper, southern flounder, black drum and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Atlantic croaker peak from June through September. Red drum peak from August 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 tarpon: Tarpon roll along beaches, in passes and channels, and under bridges from late spring through fall, and in South Florida some fish stay through winter in warm canals and backcountry rivers. Live crabs, mullet or pinfish drifted through a pass on the outgoing tide, or a fly or soft plastic cast ahead of a rolling string of fish, are the main approaches. Use a long heavy leader, bow to the jumps, and keep big fish in the water for release.
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.

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