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Best score today · 9 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 484 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.7 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Thursday, Oct 1 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
70Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
69Wind: 6 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
91Water temp: 69°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.1 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
62Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Swan Point Bar
- Depth
- 5-7 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 Swan Point Bar
Swan Point Bar is a bar in Chester River to Queenstown MD, Maryland. Depth is 5-7 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 little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, Atlantic croaker, weakfish and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
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
- Brewerton Channel Eastern Extension72
Channel · 5.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 72
- Scup 69
- Atlantic croaker 62
12 kt NEH 5:07 AM · 1.7 ftL 11:55 AM · 0.8 ft
- Swan Point66
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 66
- Little tunny 64
- Scup 64
12 kt NEH 4:57 AM · 1.7 ftL 11:47 AM · 0.8 ft
- Ninefoot Knoll66
Bar · 4.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 66
- Scup 64
- Bluefish 59
12 kt NEH 4:57 AM · 1.7 ftL 11:47 AM · 0.8 ft
- Huntingfield Point64
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Scup 61
- Little tunny 60
15 kt NEH 4:57 AM · 1.7 ftL 11:47 AM · 0.8 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.