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Best score today · 7 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 702 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.0 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 · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
84Wind: 11 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spot 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 Spot is best here
Peak season for Spot · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Baybush Point
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSpot
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 Baybush Point
Baybush Point is a cape in Chester River to Queenstown MD, Maryland. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, spotted seatrout and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Panhandle Point70
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 64
- Little tunny 59
11 kt EL 9:56 AM · 1.0 ftH 2:53 PM · 1.4 ft
- Narrows Point70
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Little tunny 68
- Red drum 64
11 kt EH 4:18 AM · 2.1 ftL 11:11 AM · 1.0 ft
- Hail Point70
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Little tunny 68
- Red drum 64
11 kt EH 4:18 AM · 2.1 ftL 11:11 AM · 1.0 ft
- Long Point70
Cape · 2.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 64
- Little tunny 60
11 kt EL 9:56 AM · 1.0 ftH 2:53 PM · 1.4 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.