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WeakfishShoulder seasonCape · Maryland
Goose Neck
39.18°N · 76.53°W · Cape · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 472 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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
Tuesday, Sep 29 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
97Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
79Wind: 1 kt SEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
60Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Goose Neck
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Goose Neck
Goose Neck is a cape in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth is 2-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
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 sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, striped bass and spotted seatrout. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October.
Tackle & technique
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
- Brewerton Angle66
Bend · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 66
- Scup 65
- Sheepshead 61
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cox Creek64
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 64
- Spot 64
- Red drum 60
14 kt ENEH 4:26 PM · 1.3 ftL 10:15 PM · 0.6 ft
- Hawkins Point63
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 63
- Spot 60
- Scup 59
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Stony Point61
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 61
- Scup 57
- Spot 57
14 kt ENEH 4:26 PM · 1.3 ftL 10:15 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.