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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Maryland
Punch Point
38.76°N · 76.34°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD
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Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 4611 AM EDT
- Best window
- 11 AM-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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 · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
61Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
61Wind: 14 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 77°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.7 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 yesterday
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
Punch Point
- Depth
- Up to 7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Punch Point
Punch Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD, Maryland. Depth is up to 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, black sea bass, king mackerel and striped bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October.
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.
- 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
- Ferry Cove69
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 69
- Spot 67
- Little tunny 63
14 kt NEH 1:50 PM · 1.3 ftL 7:38 PM · 0.7 ft
- Poplar Island Narrows67
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Spanish mackerel 66
- Scup 64
14 kt NEH 1:41 PM · 1.4 ftL 7:50 PM · 0.5 ft
- Great Marsh Point64
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Spot 61
- Scup 59
14 kt NEH 1:50 PM · 1.3 ftL 7:38 PM · 0.7 ft
- Green Marsh Point63
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 63
- Spot 60
- Scup 59
14 kt NEH 1:50 PM · 1.3 ftL 7:38 PM · 0.7 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.