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Best score today · 1 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 494 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.1 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
53Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
33Wind: 15 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
70Water temp: 75°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 today
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
Eastern Bay
- Depth
- 40-50 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · slope
- 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 Eastern Bay
Eastern Bay is a bay in Eastern Bay, Maryland. Depth is 40-50 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, sheepshead and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, weakfish and Atlantic croaker. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
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.
- 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
- Wades Point62
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Bluefish 55
- Scup 55
15 kt ENEL 7:52 PM · 0.8 ftH 2:29 AM · 1.7 ft
- Seth Point62
Cape · 3.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Bluefish 55
- Scup 54
15 kt ENEL 7:52 PM · 0.8 ftH 2:29 AM · 1.7 ft
- Wells Cove61
Bay · 3.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Little tunny 59
- Spot 59
15 kt ENEL 7:52 PM · 0.8 ftH 2:29 AM · 1.7 ft
- Harbor Cove60
Bay · 4.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Little tunny 58
- Sheepshead 57
15 kt ENEL 7:38 PM · 0.7 ftH 2:22 AM · 1.8 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.