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ScupPeak seasonCape · Maryland
Rock Point
39.17°N · 76.48°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
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Best score today · 9 AM · Scup
- Now
- 586 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.1 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 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
71Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
43Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Rock Point
- Depth
- 4-7 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 Rock Point
Rock Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD, Maryland. Depth in the nearest water is 4-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, spot and scup. It is peak season now for little tunny, spot, scup and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and Atlantic croaker. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Sparrows Point Channel67
Channel · 2.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Scup 65
- Atlantic croaker 57
13 kt NEL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:07 AM · 1.7 ft
- Brewerton Channel66
Channel · 2.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Spot 66
- Sheepshead 57
13 kt NEL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:07 AM · 1.7 ft
- Stony Point63
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 63
- Spot 59
- Scup 58
13 kt NEL 10:15 PM · 0.6 ftH 4:58 AM · 1.7 ft
- Rock Point Shoal60
Bar · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Little tunny 59
- Scup 59
13 kt NEL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:07 AM · 1.7 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.