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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 4712 PM CDT
- Best window
- 12-4 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
80Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 10 kt EPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
25Water temp: 87°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.9 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
61Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Texas state waters (shore to 9 nautical miles, bays included)
No rule for Cobia is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. 17 rules for this area are waiting for review and not shown until checked. Confirm limits with TPWD before you keep a fish.
Source: TPWD · 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
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Christmas Point Reef
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Reef · Inner · Semi-exposedReef · 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 Christmas Point Reef
Christmas Point Reef is a bar in Galveston Bay, Texas. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads reef, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 15 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, gray triggerfish and red snapper. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for gray triggerfish, red snapper, gray snapper and greater amberjack. Atlantic croaker peak from June through September. Gray triggerfish peak from May through August. Red snapper peak from May through August.
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.
- Gray triggerfish
- Gray triggerfish hover a few feet over reefs, wrecks and ledges, usually in 60 to 200 feet, and often show up while snapper fishing. Use small, strong circle hooks with small pieces of squid or cut bait on a short bottom rig, because they nibble and strip big baits. Keep the bait just off the bottom and reel steadily at the first solid pull.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Christmas Bay73
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 73
- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Red drum 69
10 kt EL 6:11 PM · 0.1 ftH 8:02 AM · 1.0 ft
- Cold Pass71
Channel · 1.9 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 71
- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Atlantic croaker 67
10 kt EL 2:43 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:21 AM · 1.7 ft
- Bastrop Bay69
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 69
- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Atlantic croaker 65
10 kt EL 6:11 PM · 0.1 ftH 8:02 AM · 1.0 ft
- Mud Cut67
Gut · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Atlantic croaker 65
- Crevalle jack 65
10 kt EL 2:43 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:21 AM · 1.7 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 TPWD before you keep a fish.