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Best score today · 1 AM · Bluefish
- Now
- 505 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.2 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
74Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt SSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
97Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Bluefish
Species seasonality
81Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Bluefish 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 Bluefish is best here
Shoulder season for Bluefish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Cox Creek
- Depth
- Up to 7 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonBluefish
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 Cox Creek
Cox Creek is a bay in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth in the nearest water is up to 7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, 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 little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, spotted seatrout and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy 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.
- 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
- Brewerton Angle70
Bend · 2.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 68
- Atlantic croaker 60
13 kt NEL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:55 AM · 1.9 ft
- Goose Neck63
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 62
- Little tunny 59
13 kt NEL 10:15 PM · 0.6 ftH 4:58 AM · 1.7 ft
- Stony Point63
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 62
- Little tunny 59
13 kt NEL 10:15 PM · 0.6 ftH 4:58 AM · 1.7 ft
- Hawkins Point63
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 62
- Little tunny 60
13 kt NEL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:55 AM · 1.9 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.