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Best score today · 4 PM · Little tunny
- Now
- 5412 PM EST
- Best window
- 3-6 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.4 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
82Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
55Wind: 12 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 62°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
70Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Little tunny 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 Little tunny is best here
Shoulder season for Little tunny · 2 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Brian Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonLittle tunny
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 scup, striped bass and tautog. It is peak season now for striped bass, tautog, black sea bass and bluefish, and shoulder season for scup, spot, little tunny and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Tautog peak in April and from October through December.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cabin Creek70
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 70
- Spot 62
- Spotted seatrout 60
8 kt SL 6:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:44 AM · 1.6 ft
- Prospect Bay70
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 70
- Spot 62
- Tautog 62
8 kt SL 6:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:44 AM · 1.6 ft
- Narrow Point65
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 65
- Striped bass 60
- Tautog 57
8 kt SL 6:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:44 AM · 1.6 ft
- Bluff Point65
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 65
- Striped bass 60
- Tautog 57
8 kt SL 6:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:44 AM · 1.6 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.