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Best score today · 12 AM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 452 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.6 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
93Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
97Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.1 ftSeason & habitat · Summer flounder
Species seasonality
61Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Summer flounder 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 Summer flounder is best here
Peak season for Summer flounder · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Deepwater Point
- Depth
- 1-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonSummer flounder
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 Deepwater Point
Deepwater Point is a cape in Eastern Bay, Maryland. Depth is 1-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and striped bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Summer flounder
- Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Tide Mill Cove68
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Spot 68
- Atlantic croaker 56
14 kt ENEL 8:18 PM · 0.8 ftH 2:43 AM · 2.2 ft
- Bennett Point65
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Spot 65
- Little tunny 57
14 kt ENEL 7:52 PM · 0.8 ftH 2:29 AM · 1.7 ft
- Navy Point64
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 64
- Spot 63
- Little tunny 57
14 kt ENEL 8:18 PM · 0.8 ftH 2:43 AM · 2.2 ft
- Seth Point64
Cape · 3.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 64
- Spot 63
- Little tunny 56
14 kt ENEL 7:52 PM · 0.8 ftH 2:29 AM · 1.7 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.