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Best score today · 12 AM · King mackerel

71/100Great

Now: 438 PM EDT
Best window: 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now: Flooding1.0 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 84

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Conditions · 8 PM · now

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Time8PNOW

Score43Fair

Tide1.0 ft ▲Flooding

CurrentSlack0.0 kn

Wind14 kn NEgusts 23 · steady

Sea stateModerate2.1 ft · 3 s

Air temp65°Mild

WeatherOvercast80% chance of rain

Water76°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for King mackerel 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 today

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When King mackerel is best here

Shoulder season for King mackerel · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Bald Eagle Point

Depth: 1-6 ftNearest water
Structure: Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season: Shoulder seasonKing mackerel

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 Bald Eagle Point

Bald Eagle Point is a cape in Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River, Maryland. Depth in the nearest water is 1-6 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, scup and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, Spanish mackerel and spot, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, king mackerel and striped bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.

Tackle & technique

King mackerel: Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
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.
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.

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