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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · Maryland
Dogwood Harbor
38.70°N · 76.32°W · Bay · Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
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Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 448 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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 · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
35Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
56Wind: 14 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
71Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
61Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia 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 Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Dogwood Harbor
- Depth
- 2-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
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 Dogwood Harbor
Dogwood Harbor is a bay in Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River, Maryland. Depth is 2-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for scup, spot, Spanish mackerel and sheepshead, and shoulder season for black sea bass, king mackerel, bluefish and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Pawpaw Cove58
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 58
- Spanish mackerel 55
- Spot 55
14 kt NEH 2:01 AM · 2.1 ftL 9:03 AM · 1.0 ft
- Muddy Cove58
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 58
- Spanish mackerel 55
- Spot 55
14 kt NEH 2:01 AM · 2.1 ftL 9:03 AM · 1.0 ft
- Lower Bar Neck Point55
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 55
- Scup 52
- Spanish mackerel 51
14 kt NEH 2:01 AM · 2.1 ftL 9:03 AM · 1.0 ft
- Blackwalnut Point55
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 55
- Scup 52
- Spanish mackerel 51
14 kt NEH 2:01 AM · 2.1 ftL 9:03 AM · 1.0 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.