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Best score today · 12 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5310 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.8 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 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
89Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
96Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
77Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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 · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Coxes Bay
- Depth
- 4-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Coxes Bay
Coxes Bay is a bay in Eastern Bay, Maryland. Depth is 4-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, Spanish mackerel and spot. It is peak season now for scup, Spanish mackerel, spot and summer flounder, and shoulder season for weakfish, bluefish, Atlantic croaker and black sea bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September. Spot peak from August through October.
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.
- 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.
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Brickhouse Bar63
Bar · 3.7 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 63
- Summer flounder 61
- Little tunny 59
15 kt NEH 2:50 PM · 1.2 ftL 8:41 PM · 0.5 ft
- Crab Alley Bay61
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Spot 60
- Little tunny 57
13 kt NEH 2:53 PM · 1.4 ftL 8:57 PM · 0.8 ft
- Normans Point61
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 61
- Scup 56
- Spot 54
13 kt NEH 2:53 PM · 1.4 ftL 8:57 PM · 0.8 ft
- Narrow Point61
Cape · 3.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 61
- Scup 56
- Spot 56
13 kt NEH 2:53 PM · 1.4 ftL 8:57 PM · 0.8 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.