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Best score today · 8 PM · Tautog
- Now
- 493 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.7 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
98Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.1 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
86Wind: 7 kt WNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 73°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Tautog
Species seasonality
62Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Tautog 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 Tautog is best here
Shoulder season for Tautog · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Brian Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonTautog
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 Brian Point
Brian Point is a cape in Eastern Bay, Maryland. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, little tunny and red drum. It is peak season now for spot, little tunny, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, spotted seatrout, Atlantic croaker and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Tautog
- Tautog live in rocks, wrecks, bridge pilings and jetties and rarely stray from cover, usually in 10 to 60 feet inshore and deeper in late fall. Anchor so the bait sits in the structure, fish crab on a short rig or a tog jig, and set hard on the second tap before the fish pulls into the rocks. Clams and worms work better in cold spring water; hard crabs are the standard in fall.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cabin Creek76
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 76
- Red drum 75
- Summer flounder 68
10 kt NNEL 7:28 AM · 1.1 ftH 11:57 AM · 1.3 ft
- Prospect Bay76
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 76
- Red drum 72
- Spanish mackerel 69
10 kt NNEL 7:28 AM · 1.1 ftH 11:57 AM · 1.3 ft
- Narrow Point71
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 71
- Little tunny 70
- Red drum 67
10 kt NNEL 7:28 AM · 1.1 ftH 11:57 AM · 1.3 ft
- Bluff Point71
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 71
- Little tunny 70
- Red drum 67
10 kt NNEL 7:28 AM · 1.1 ftH 11:57 AM · 1.3 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.