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Best score today · 7 PM · Scup
- Now
- 6411 PM EST
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMNight bite
- Tide now
- High1.5 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, Nov 8 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
44Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
79Wind: 10 kt SPressure: Falling fastWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
71Water temp: 62°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
69Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Scup is best here
Shoulder season for Scup · 2 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Wells Cove
- Depth
- 35-45 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 14 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and spot. It is peak season now for striped bass, spotted seatrout, bluefish and tautog, and shoulder season for scup, spot, weakfish and red drum. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Scup peak from June through October. 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Crab Alley Bay75
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 75
- Striped bass 74
- Scup 68
6 kt SH 11:47 PM · 1.7 ftL 6:57 AM · 0.5 ft
- Parsons Point74
Cape · 2.5 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Spotted seatrout 69
- Bluefish 63
6 kt SH 11:47 PM · 1.7 ftL 6:57 AM · 0.5 ft
- Seth Point67
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 67
- Spotted seatrout 60
- Scup 59
6 kt SL 5:52 AM · 0.5 ftH 11:10 AM · 1.2 ft
- Wades Point67
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 67
- Spotted seatrout 60
- Scup 59
6 kt SL 5:52 AM · 0.5 ftH 11:10 AM · 1.2 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.