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Best score today · 9 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 5411 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.6 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
Friday, Sep 25 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
98Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
25Wind: 17 kt NPressure: Falling fastWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
84Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
39Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Bennett Point
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- 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 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 red drum, spot and little tunny. It is peak season now for red drum, spot, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for spotted seatrout, striped bass, bluefish and Atlantic croaker. Red drum peak in May and from September through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
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.
- Red drum
- Redfish feed on shallow grass flats, oyster bars and marsh edges, often in 1 to 4 feet of water, and drop into channels, deep holes and tidal creeks when the water turns very hot or cold. Work a live shrimp under a popping cork or a soft plastic along the grass line on a rising tide, then fish creek mouths and drains as the tide falls. Bull reds over 30 inches school in the surf, passes and jetties in late summer and fall, where cut mullet or a live crab on the bottom is the standard approach.
- 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 Cove77
Bay · 3.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 77
- Spot 77
- Spotted seatrout 70
5 kt WH 1:09 AM · 2.2 ftL 8:41 AM · 1.0 ft
- Wells Cove76
Bay · 4.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 76
- Spot 74
- Scup 68
5 kt WH 12:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 8:15 AM · 1.0 ft
- Seth Point73
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 73
- Spot 71
- Little tunny 68
5 kt WH 12:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 8:15 AM · 1.0 ft
- Deepwater Point72
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 72
- Spot 72
- Little tunny 68
5 kt WH 1:09 AM · 2.2 ftL 8:41 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.