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ScupPeak seasonCape · Maryland
Goose Neck
39.18°N · 76.53°W · Cape · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 8 AM · Scup
- Now
- 644 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-9 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
96Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 7 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
45Water temp: 77°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Goose Neck
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 spot, scup and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, spotted seatrout and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Brewerton Angle74
Bend · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 74
- Scup 69
- Atlantic croaker 65
7 kt NEL 9:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:13 AM · 1.9 ft
- Cox Creek73
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 73
- Scup 69
- Atlantic croaker 62
7 kt NEL 9:03 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:16 AM · 1.7 ft
- Hawkins Point68
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 68
- Scup 64
- Little tunny 60
7 kt NEL 9:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:13 AM · 1.9 ft
- Stony Point67
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Scup 63
- Little tunny 60
7 kt NEL 9:03 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:16 AM · 1.7 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.