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WeakfishShoulder seasonChannel · Maryland
Penwood Channel
39.20°N · 76.46°W · Channel · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 2 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5212 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-8 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
85Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt SWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
95Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
89Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: 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
Penwood Channel
- Depth
- 15-30 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Penwood Channel
Penwood Channel is a channel in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth is 15-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and summer flounder. It is peak season now for scup, spot, summer flounder and red drum, and shoulder season for weakfish, spotted seatrout, Atlantic croaker and black sea bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Summer flounder peak from June through September.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Old Road Bay57
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 57
- Spot 54
- Spanish mackerel 52
13 kt ENEH 4:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ft
- Sparrows Point Channel57
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 57
- Spot 55
- Summer flounder 53
13 kt ENEH 4:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ft
- North Point56
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 56
- Scup 56
- Spanish mackerel 51
13 kt ENEH 4:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:24 PM · 0.8 ft
- North Shoal56
Bar · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 56
- Spanish mackerel 56
- Little tunny 53
13 kt ENEH 4:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:24 PM · 0.8 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.