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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · Maryland
Ninefoot Knoll
39.14°N · 76.36°W · Bar · Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 399 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb current
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.8 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 · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
55Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
52Wind: 13 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
65Water temp: 75°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.9 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Ninefoot Knoll
- Depth
- About 20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · 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 Ninefoot Knoll
Ninefoot Knoll 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 bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for little tunny, Spanish mackerel, spot and summer flounder, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, weakfish and striped bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Spanish mackerel 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.
- 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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
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- Sheepshead 58
- Red drum 57
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- Craighill Angle60
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Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Scup 57
- Red drum 56
13 kt ENEL 9:42 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:26 AM · 1.6 ft
- Sevenfoot Knoll58
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Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 58
- Bluefish 57
- Spanish mackerel 56
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- Sixfoot Knoll56
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 56
- Bluefish 55
- Spanish mackerel 55
13 kt ENEL 9:42 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:26 AM · 1.6 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.