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Best score today · 2 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 403 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.4 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
71Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
62Wind: 14 kt NPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
58Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Panhandle Point
- Depth
- 2-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Panhandle Point
Panhandle Point is a cape in Chester River to Queenstown MD, Maryland. Depth is 2-4 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 sheepshead, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
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.
- 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
- Baybush Point65
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 64
- Little tunny 57
15 kt ENEL 8:57 PM · 0.8 ftH 3:25 AM · 2.0 ft
- Long Point65
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Spot 65
- Little tunny 56
15 kt ENEL 8:57 PM · 0.8 ftH 3:25 AM · 2.0 ft
- Narrows Point62
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Spot 62
- Little tunny 61
15 kt ENEH 4:28 PM · 1.6 ftL 10:12 PM · 0.9 ft
- Hail Point62
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Spot 62
- Little tunny 61
15 kt ENEH 4:28 PM · 1.6 ftL 10:12 PM · 0.9 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.