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Chapel Creek

38.60°N · 76.21°W · Bay · Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River

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Best score today · 11 AM · Weakfish

73/100Great

Now: 462 AM EDT
Best window: 11 AM-2 PMFlood tide
Tide now: High2.1 ft

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Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 86

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Conditions · 2 AM · now

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Time2ANOW

Score46Good

Tide2.1 ftHigh

CurrentSlack0.2 kn

Wind14 kn NEgusts 23 · steady

Sea stateModerate2.1 ft · 3 s

Air temp63°Mild

WeatherOvercast57% chance of rain

Water73°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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Source: Maryland DNR · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Chapel Creek

Depth: 1-2 ftFlat bottom
Structure: Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Chapel Creek

Chapel Creek is a bay in Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River, Maryland. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, red drum and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, weakfish and spotted seatrout. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.

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.

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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.