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CobiaShoulder seasonBend · Maryland
Fort McHenry Angle
39.26°N · 76.57°W · Bend · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 1 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3211 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low0.7 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 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
80Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 6 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 yesterday
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
Fort McHenry Angle
- Depth
- 25-50 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Fort McHenry Angle
Fort McHenry Angle is a bend in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth is 25-50 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, Atlantic croaker and black drum. It is peak season now for little tunny, red drum, scup and sheepshead, and shoulder season for black sea bass, Atlantic croaker, king mackerel and spotted seatrout. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August. Black drum peak in May.
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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Ferry Bar Channel43
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 43
- Atlantic croaker 35
- Black drum 35
15 kt NEH 4:20 PM · 1.3 ftL 10:08 PM · 0.6 ft
- East Channel43
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 43
- Atlantic croaker 35
- Black drum 35
15 kt NEH 4:23 PM · 1.3 ftL 10:20 PM · 0.7 ft
- Lazaretto Point39
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 39
- Black sea bass 38
- Striped bass 36
15 kt NEH 4:23 PM · 1.3 ftL 10:20 PM · 0.7 ft
- Whetstone Point39
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 39
- Black sea bass 38
- Striped bass 36
15 kt NEH 4:20 PM · 1.3 ftL 10:08 PM · 0.6 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.