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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · Maryland
Goose Harbor Cove
37.99°N · 76.05°W · Bay · Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
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Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 459 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 11 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
88Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 8 kt NPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 Maryland DNR before you keep a fish.
Source: Maryland DNR · 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
Goose Harbor Cove
- Depth
- 1-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Goose Harbor Cove
Goose Harbor Cove is a bay in Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA, Maryland. Depth is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, spot, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, weakfish and black sea bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
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.
- Scup
- Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
- 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
- Frances Gut65
Gut · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 64
- Sheepshead 62
14 kt NEH 11:04 PM · 1.9 ftL 5:36 AM · 0.6 ft
- Chaisey Point64
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Red drum 62
- Bluefish 59
14 kt NEH 11:04 PM · 1.9 ftL 5:36 AM · 0.6 ft
- Channel Point64
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Bluefish 59
- Scup 59
14 kt NEH 11:04 PM · 1.9 ftL 5:36 AM · 0.6 ft
- Levering Creek64
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 64
- Spot 64
- Red drum 61
14 kt NEH 11:04 PM · 1.9 ftL 5:36 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 Maryland DNR before you keep a fish.