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Best score today · 2 AM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 575 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.3 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, Oct 4 · 9 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
83Wind: 10 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
41Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Summer flounder
Species seasonality
73Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Prospect Bay
- Depth
- 5-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Prospect Bay
Prospect Bay is a bay in Eastern Bay, Maryland. Depth is 5-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, weakfish, Atlantic croaker and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June 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.
- 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
- Narrow Point64
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Spot 59
- Scup 57
16 kt ENEL 8:57 PM · 0.8 ftH 3:25 AM · 2.0 ft
- Cabin Creek64
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Scup 62
- Red drum 60
16 kt ENEL 8:57 PM · 0.8 ftH 3:25 AM · 2.0 ft
- Brian Point64
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Spot 59
- Scup 57
16 kt ENEL 8:57 PM · 0.8 ftH 3:25 AM · 2.0 ft
- Bluff Point64
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Spot 59
- Scup 57
16 kt ENEL 8:57 PM · 0.8 ftH 3:25 AM · 2.0 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.