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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Maryland
Ferry Point
39.22°N · 76.58°W · Cape · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 401 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.9 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, Sep 28 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 5 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
36Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia 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 Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Ferry Point
- Depth
- 15-35 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
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 Ferry Point
Ferry Point is a cape in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth in the nearest water is 15-35 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and spot. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, spot and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, striped bass and weakfish. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- 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
- Curtis Bay61
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Spot 61
- Little tunny 56
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Walnut Point60
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Scup 56
- Spot 55
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Stonehouse Cove60
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Spanish mackerel 56
- Red drum 55
14 kt ENEH 4:20 PM · 1.3 ftL 10:08 PM · 0.6 ft
- Fishing Point Shoal57
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 57
- Spanish mackerel 57
- Scup 56
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.