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Best score today · 12 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4710 AM 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
Tuesday, Sep 22 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
84Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
78Wind: 11 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
78Water temp: 77°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Bennett Point
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- 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 Bennett Point
Bennett Point is a cape in Eastern Bay, Maryland. Depth is 2-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, spot and scup. It is peak season now for little tunny, spot, scup and red drum, and shoulder season for bluefish, spotted seatrout, black sea bass and Atlantic croaker. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October.
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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- 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
- Tide Mill Cove68
Bay · 3.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 68
- Scup 67
- Red drum 63
10 kt NEH 1:13 PM · 1.5 ftL 7:06 PM · 0.8 ft
- Wells Cove65
Bay · 4.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Spot 64
- Red drum 62
10 kt NEH 12:59 PM · 1.2 ftL 6:40 PM · 0.8 ft
- Deepwater Point63
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 63
- Spot 63
- Scup 62
10 kt NEH 1:13 PM · 1.5 ftL 7:06 PM · 0.8 ft
- Seth Point60
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Spot 59
- Scup 58
10 kt NEH 12:59 PM · 1.2 ftL 6:40 PM · 0.8 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.