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Cape · Maryland

Brian Point

38.93°N · 76.21°W · Cape · Eastern Bay

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Best score today · 4 PM · Weakfish

85/100Epic
Now
5012 AM EST
Best window
8 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
High1.7 ft

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24-hour conditions

Thursday, Nov 5 · 5 AM

Time5A
Score65Great
Tide0.9 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.8 kn · toward S
Wind11 kn Sgusts 18 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 2 s
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherOvercast97% cloud
Water62°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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 · 3 more weeks at shoulder

Weakfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Brian Point

Depth
1-5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
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 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 14 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for striped bass, spotted seatrout, bluefish and tautog, and shoulder season for scup, spot, little tunny and weakfish. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Scup peak from June through October. Spotted seatrout peak from October through November.

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.
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

  • Narrow Point

    Cape · 2.1 mi

    66
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 66
    • Scup 59
    • Spotted seatrout 59

    6 kt SSWL 6:57 AM · 0.5 ftH 12:06 PM · 1.4 ft

  • Bluff Point

    Cape · 2.2 mi

    66
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 66
    • Scup 59
    • Spotted seatrout 59

    6 kt SSWL 6:57 AM · 0.5 ftH 12:06 PM · 1.4 ft

  • Cabin Creek

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    65
    Top: ScupShoulder season
    • Scup 65
    • Spotted seatrout 64
    • Spot 61

    6 kt SSWL 6:57 AM · 0.5 ftH 12:06 PM · 1.4 ft

  • Prospect Bay

    Bay · 1.4 mi

    65
    Top: ScupShoulder season
    • Scup 65
    • Spotted seatrout 64
    • Striped bass 64

    6 kt SSWL 6:57 AM · 0.5 ftH 12:06 PM · 1.4 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.