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King mackerelShoulder season

Bay · Maryland

Todds Bay

38.62°N · 76.22°W · Bay · Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River

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Best score today · 11 AM · King mackerel

71/100Great

Now: 4812 AM EDT
Best window: 11 AM-1 PMFlood tide
Tide now: Flooding1.9 ft ▲

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Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 83

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Conditions · 12 AM · now

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Time12ANOW

Score48Good

Tide1.9 ft ▲Flooding

CurrentFlood0.5 kn · toward SE

Wind14 kn NEgusts 23 · steady

Sea stateModerate2.1 ft · 3 s

Air temp63°Mild

WeatherOvercast43% chance of rain

Water73°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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 yesterday

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

Todds Bay

Depth: 5-15 ftFlat bottom
Structure: Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Todds Bay

Todds Bay is a bay in Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River, Maryland. Depth is 5-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, weakfish, striped bass and Atlantic croaker. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead 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.
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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- Spot 68
- Red drum 67
- Scup 66
14 kt NEH 1:48 AM · 2.1 ftL 8:54 AM · 1.0 ft
Armstrong Bay
Bay · 2.4 mi
68
Top: SpotPeak season
- Spot 68
- Scup 64
- Red drum 63
14 kt NEH 1:48 AM · 2.1 ftL 8:54 AM · 1.0 ft
Cook Point Cove
Bay · 2.7 mi
68
Top: SpotPeak season
- Spot 68
- Scup 64
- Red drum 63
14 kt NEH 1:48 AM · 2.1 ftL 8:54 AM · 1.0 ft
Todds Point
Cape · 0.7 mi
65
Top: Red drumPeak season
- Red drum 65
- Little tunny 64
- Spot 63
14 kt NEH 1:48 AM · 2.1 ftL 8:54 AM · 1.0 ft

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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.