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Striped bassShoulder season

Bar · Maryland

Sevenfoot Knoll

39.16°N · 76.40°W · Bar · Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD

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Best score today · 9 AM · Striped bass

71/100Great
Now
425 AM EDT
Best window
7-11 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High1.7 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Mon · 79

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 5 AM · now

Time5ANOW
Score42Fair
Tide1.7 ftHigh
CurrentFlood0.2 kn · toward NNE
Wind12 kn NEgusts 22 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.9 ft · 3 s
Air temp58°Mild
WeatherOvercast59% chance of rain
Water72°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Striped bass is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with Maryland DNR before you keep a fish.

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Source: Maryland DNR · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Striped bass is best here

Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder

Striped bass season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Sevenfoot Knoll

Depth
10-20 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonStriped bass

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 Sevenfoot Knoll

Sevenfoot Knoll is a bar in Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD, Maryland. Depth is 10-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.

Tackle & technique

Striped bass
Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

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  • Cutoff Channel

    Channel · 2.1 mi

    72
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 72
    • Scup 69
    • Atlantic croaker 62

    12 kt NEL 11:55 AM · 0.8 ftH 5:23 PM · 1.3 ft

  • Craighill Angle

    Channel · 2.2 mi

    72
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 72
    • Scup 69
    • Atlantic croaker 62

    12 kt NEL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 4:42 PM · 1.3 ft

  • Sixfoot Knoll

    Bar · 1.6 mi

    66
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 66
    • Scup 64
    • Bluefish 58

    12 kt NEL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 4:42 PM · 1.3 ft

  • Bodkin Point Shoal

    Bar · 1.7 mi

    66
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 66
    • Scup 64
    • Bluefish 58

    12 kt NEL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 4:42 PM · 1.3 ft

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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.