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CobiaShoulder seasonChannel · Maryland
Sparrows Point Channel
39.20°N · 76.48°W · Channel · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 1 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 381 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 4 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
87Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 3 kt NWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
33Off 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 Channel
- Depth
- 15-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Channel
Sparrows Point Channel is a channel in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth is 15-45 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, black sea bass and Atlantic croaker. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Summer flounder peak from June through September.
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.
- 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
- Brewerton Angle62
Bend · 1.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Scup 61
- Summer flounder 58
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Marine Channel62
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Scup 61
- Summer flounder 58
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Sparrows Point60
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Scup 56
- Spot 55
14 kt ENEH 4:23 PM · 1.4 ftL 10:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Penwood Channel60
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 60
- Spot 59
- Summer flounder 56
14 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.