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Little tunnyPeak seasonBar · Maryland
Belvidere Shoal
39.09°N · 76.38°W · Bar · Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
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Best score today · 4 PM · Little tunny
- Now
- 636 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.5 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 6 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
69Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
46Wind: 15 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.9 ftSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Little tunny 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 Little tunny is best here
Peak season for Little tunny · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Belvidere Shoal
- Depth
- About 20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonLittle tunny
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 Belvidere Shoal
Belvidere Shoal is a bar in Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD, Maryland. Depth is about 20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and spot. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, spot and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, Atlantic croaker and weakfish. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October.
Tackle & technique
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- 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
- Craighill Angle69
Channel · 2.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 69
- Spot 69
- Sheepshead 65
12 kt NEL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 4:42 PM · 1.3 ft
- Craighill Channel67
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 67
- Spot 67
- Sheepshead 63
15 kt NEL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 4:42 PM · 1.3 ft
- Sixfoot Knoll65
Bar · 3.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Scup 64
- Spanish mackerel 63
12 kt NEL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 4:42 PM · 1.3 ft
- Mountain Point62
Cape · 3.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Scup 61
- Spot 60
15 kt NEL 11:47 AM · 0.6 ftH 5:07 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.