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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Maryland
Drum Point
38.40°N · 75.10°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3012 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-11 PMDusk
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
96Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
31Wind: 15 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 6.7 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
58Season: 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 · Sync unavailable, last verified Sep 13, 2026
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
Drum Point
- Depth
- 1-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Drum Point
Drum Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM, Maryland. Depth is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are yellowfin tuna, mahi-mahi and Atlantic bluefin tuna. It is peak season now for yellowfin tuna, little tunny, red drum and scup, and shoulder season for mahi-mahi, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic croaker and black sea bass. Yellowfin tuna peak from July through September. Mahi-mahi peak from August through September. Atlantic bluefin tuna peak from June through July and in December.
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.
- Yellowfin tuna
- Yellowfin feed in blue water along canyon edges, the shelf break, current edges, deepwater platforms and FADs, usually from the surface to about 300 feet. Troll ballyhoo, spreader bars and cedar plugs early in the day, then chunk butterfish or sardines, fish live hardtails, or drop jigs to marks. Around Gulf platforms and in the canyons the night bite on chunks and jigs is often better than the day.
- Mahi-mahi
- Mahi feed near the surface along weedlines, floating debris, buoys and current edges offshore, in water from the low 70s to the low 80s. Troll ballyhoo or small skirted lures along the weed, and when a school comes up behind the boat keep one hooked fish in the water while you pitch cut bait or jigs to the rest. Look for birds working over weed and flotsam.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Mahi-mahi 39
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 37
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- Assawoman Bay43
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- Mahi-mahi 38
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 36
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- Wight Point43
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- Mahi-mahi 38
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 36
15 kt NEL 12:34 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:07 PM · 1.9 ft
- Smokehouse Cove43
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- Mahi-mahi 38
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 36
15 kt NEL 12:34 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:07 PM · 1.9 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.