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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · Maryland
Isle of Wight Bay
38.37°N · 75.10°W · Bay · Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM
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Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 309 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.9 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 · 9 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
40Wind: 16 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
53Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 6.5 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 · synced yesterday
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
Isle of Wight Bay
- Depth
- 7-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · 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 Isle of Wight Bay
Isle of Wight Bay is a bay in Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM, Maryland. Depth is 7-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are bluefish, striped bass and king mackerel. It is peak season now for yellowfin tuna, little tunny, red drum and scup, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, king mackerel and black sea bass. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through 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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Wight Point53
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 53
- Striped bass 52
- King mackerel 48
13 kt NEL 12:34 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:07 PM · 1.9 ft
- The Thorofare52
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 52
- Striped bass 49
- King mackerel 47
16 kt NEL 12:34 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:07 PM · 1.9 ft
- Keyser Point52
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 52
- Striped bass 51
- King mackerel 47
16 kt NEL 12:34 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:07 PM · 1.9 ft
- Wire Pond52
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 52
- Striped bass 49
- King mackerel 47
16 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.