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Best score today · 12 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 4412 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.2 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
39Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
45Water temp: 77°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.0 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
65Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Harbor Cove
- Depth
- 2-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonStriped bass
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 Harbor Cove
Harbor Cove is a bay in Eastern Bay, Maryland. Depth is 2-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spotted seatrout, weakfish and cobia. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Ferry Cove76
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 76
- Scup 71
- Atlantic croaker 64
8 kt NEH 12:52 PM · 1.2 ftL 6:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Poplar Island Narrows76
Channel · 1.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 76
- Scup 70
- Atlantic croaker 67
8 kt NEH 12:40 PM · 1.3 ftL 6:54 PM · 0.5 ft
- Punch Point70
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 65
- Little tunny 61
8 kt NEH 12:52 PM · 1.2 ftL 6:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Little Neck Point69
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Scup 64
- Little tunny 59
8 kt NEH 12:52 PM · 1.2 ftL 6:26 PM · 0.7 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.