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CobiaShoulder season

Cape · Maryland

Sollers Point

39.23°N · 76.51°W · Cape · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor

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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia

71/100Great
Now
3712 PM EDT
Best window
2-10 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding0.8 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Sunday, Sep 27 · 7 PM

Time7P
Score53Good
Tide1.9 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood0.7 kn · toward NW
Wind11 kn NNWgusts 21 · steady
Air temp72°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water69°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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 today

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Cobia in Maryland

Spot profile

Sollers Point

Depth
3-8 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
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 Sollers Point

Sollers Point is a cape in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth is 3-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

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 Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, weakfish, black sea 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

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.
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

  • Marine Channel

    Channel · 1.1 mi

    58
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 58
    • Spot 57
    • Summer flounder 54

    13 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Sollers Point Flats

    Bar · 1.0 mi

    57
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 57
    • Spanish mackerel 54
    • Scup 53

    13 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Sollers Point Shoal

    Bar · 0.6 mi

    54
    Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season
    • Spanish mackerel 54
    • Scup 53
    • Little tunny 52

    13 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Lloyd Point

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    54
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 54
    • Scup 53
    • Spot 50

    13 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 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.