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King mackerelShoulder season

Channel · Maryland

Marine Channel

39.21°N · 76.51°W · Channel · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor

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Best score today · 8 AM · King mackerel

79/100Great

Now: 393 PM EDT
Best window: 3-9 PMEbb tide
Tide now: High1.3 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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Best: Fri · 81

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Time3PNOW

Score39Fair

Tide1.3 ftHigh

CurrentFlood0.3 kn · toward NW

Wind6 kn NEgusts 15 · steady

Air temp73°Warm

WeatherPartly cloudy46% cloud

Water77°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for King mackerel is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with Maryland DNR before you keep a fish.

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Source: Maryland DNR · synced today

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When King mackerel is best here

Shoulder season for King mackerel · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Marine Channel

Depth: 15-25 ftFlat bottom
Structure: Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · flat bottom
Season: Shoulder seasonKing mackerel

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 Marine Channel

Marine Channel is a channel in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth is 15-25 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, spotted seatrout and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.

Tackle & technique

King mackerel: Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
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.
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

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Brewerton Angle
Bend · 0.7 mi
74
Top: SpotPeak season
- Spot 74
- Scup 69
- Atlantic croaker 65
6 kt NEL 9:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:13 AM · 1.9 ft
Sollers Point Flats
Bar · 0.5 mi
68
Top: SpotPeak season
- Spot 68
- Scup 64
- Red drum 58
6 kt NEL 9:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:13 AM · 1.9 ft
Sollers Point Shoal
Bar · 0.6 mi
68
Top: SpotPeak season
- Spot 68
- Scup 64
- Atlantic croaker 56
6 kt NEL 9:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:13 AM · 1.9 ft
Sollers Point
Cape · 1.1 mi
68
Top: SpotPeak season
- Spot 68
- Scup 64
- Atlantic croaker 56
6 kt NEL 9:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:13 AM · 1.9 ft

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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.