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Tom Point
38.27°N · 76.19°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
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Best score today · 2 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4411 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.7 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
90Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
63Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Tom Point
- Depth
- 1-3 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Tom Point
Tom Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA, Maryland. Depth in the nearest water is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and spotted seatrout. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
- Tom Cove70
Bay · 0.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 70
- Spot 68
- Atlantic croaker 56
15 kt ENEH 11:43 AM · 1.7 ftL 5:41 PM · 1.1 ft
- Hickory Cove70
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 70
- Spot 68
- Atlantic croaker 56
15 kt ENEH 11:43 AM · 1.7 ftL 5:41 PM · 1.1 ft
- Muddy Hook Cove70
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 70
- Spot 68
- Atlantic croaker 56
15 kt ENEH 11:43 AM · 1.7 ftL 5:41 PM · 1.1 ft
- Hickory Point65
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Spot 63
- Little tunny 58
15 kt ENEH 11:43 AM · 1.7 ftL 5:41 PM · 1.1 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.