Mobile Bay, AL

Bay spanning Mobile/Baldwin counties, Alabama. Premier AL saltwater estuary. Redfish, speckled trout, flounder, sheepshead, tarpon (seasonal). Mobile-Tensaw Delta upstream is one of the most biodiverse estuaries in North America. NOAA tide station 8735180 at Dauphin Island.

Overall bite score

Scored 0 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempStation reading12

Pressure trendNOAAfalling80

Tide phaseNOAA20

SolunarComputedmoon 51% lit41

Recent stockingState data50

Time of dayComputed40

WindNOAA70

Cloud coverNOAA35

PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for tidal water. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

11 tracked species in Mobile Bay, with the months each fishes best.

Black Crappieabundant

Red Drum (Redfish)abundant

Redear Sunfishabundant

Spotted Seatroutabundant

Black Drumcommon

Sheepsheadcommon

Southern Floundercommon

Cobiaseasonal

King Mackerelseasonal

Spanish Mackerelseasonal

Tarponseasonal

Water facts

TypeBay

CountyMobile/Baldwin

StateAlabama

WaterSaltwater, tidal

NOAA station8735180

Cedar Point Pier & Marina + Dauphin Island public ramps. Multiple Mobile + Baldwin County ramps around the bay perimeter.

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