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WeakfishShoulder seasonBar · Maryland
Rock Point Shoal
39.17°N · 76.47°W · Bar · Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
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Best score today · 1 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 424 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.2 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 · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
39Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
36Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 75°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 today
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
Rock Point Shoal
- Depth
- 7-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Rock Point Shoal
Rock Point Shoal is a bar in Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD, Maryland. Depth is 7-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for scup, spot, Spanish mackerel and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.
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
- Brewerton Channel68
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Spot 68
- Atlantic croaker 58
13 kt NEH 4:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ft
- Penwood Channel68
Channel · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 68
- Scup 67
- Atlantic croaker 59
13 kt NEH 4:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ft
- Cutoff Channel68
Channel · 2.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Spot 68
- Atlantic croaker 58
13 kt NEH 4:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ft
- Rock Point62
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Spot 62
- Little tunny 54
13 kt NEH 4:26 PM · 1.3 ftL 10:15 PM · 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.