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Best score today · 12 AM · Spot
- Now
- 659 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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
Wednesday, Sep 30 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
96Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 3 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
95Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
88Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Wells Cove
- Depth
- 35-45 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 Wells Cove
Wells Cove is a bay in Eastern Bay, Maryland. Depth is 35-45 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 red drum, and shoulder season for weakfish, Atlantic croaker, bluefish and cobia. Scup peak from June through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September. Spot peak from August through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Crab Alley Bay65
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 62
- Spanish mackerel 61
10 kt NNEH 1:55 PM · 1.4 ftL 7:45 PM · 0.8 ft
- Seth Point62
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Spot 60
- Red drum 59
10 kt NNEH 12:59 PM · 1.2 ftL 6:40 PM · 0.8 ft
- Parsons Point62
Cape · 2.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Spot 59
- Scup 56
10 kt NNEH 1:55 PM · 1.4 ftL 7:45 PM · 0.8 ft
- Wades Point62
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Spot 60
- Red drum 59
10 kt NNEH 12:59 PM · 1.2 ftL 6:40 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.