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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Maryland
Sparrows Point
39.20°N · 76.49°W · Cape · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 403 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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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
84Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
95Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
30Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Sparrows Point
- Depth
- 7-20 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- 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 Sparrows Point
Sparrows Point is a cape in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth in the nearest water is 7-20 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 Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, bluefish and spotted seatrout. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
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.
- 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
Other spots within an easy run
- Sparrows Point Channel74
Channel · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 74
- Scup 69
- Atlantic croaker 65
6 kt NEL 9:12 PM · 0.8 ftH 4:25 AM · 1.7 ft
- Brewerton Angle74
Bend · 1.1 mi
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
- Marine Channel74
Channel · 1.2 mi
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 Shoal68
Bar · 1.5 mi
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
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.