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Curtis Bay
39.22°N · 76.56°W · Bay · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 1 AM · Bluefish
- Now
- 542 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.1 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
75Tide: 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
Curtis Bay
- Depth
- 15-50 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · slope
- 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 Curtis Bay
Curtis Bay is a bay in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth is 15-50 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, spot, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, Atlantic croaker, weakfish and spotted seatrout. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Wagners Point62
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Spot 60
- Scup 59
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Ferry Point62
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Spot 60
- Scup 59
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Leading Point62
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Spot 60
- Scup 59
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Fishing Point Shoal60
Bar · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Spot 60
- Scup 59
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 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.