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Best score today · 3 PM · Spot
- Now
- 5312 PM EST
- Best window
- 3-5 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.2 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
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
36Wind: 13 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
87Water temp: 62°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
22Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spot 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 Spot is best here
Last week of shoulder season for Spot · the off season next
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Bennett Point
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSpot
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 14 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and bluefish. It is peak season now for striped bass, bluefish, spotted seatrout and tautog, and shoulder season for scup, little tunny, spot and weakfish. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Scup peak from June through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Tide Mill Cove67
Bay · 3.9 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 67
- Spotted seatrout 62
- Tautog 62
8 kt SL 6:09 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:02 AM · 1.8 ft
- Wells Cove67
Bay · 4.0 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 67
- Tautog 64
- Striped bass 61
8 kt SL 5:43 PM · 0.4 ftH 11:48 PM · 1.4 ft
- Seth Point64
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 64
- Scup 62
- Bluefish 60
8 kt SL 5:43 PM · 0.4 ftH 11:48 PM · 1.4 ft
- Deepwater Point63
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 63
- Scup 62
- Bluefish 59
8 kt SL 6:09 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:02 AM · 1.8 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.