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Winter flounderShoulder seasonBay · Maryland
Winans Cove
39.26°N · 76.60°W · Bay · Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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Best score today · 6 AM · Winter flounder
- Now
- 421 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.5 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
Monday, Nov 9 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
89Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
74Wind: 8 kt WPressure: Falling fastWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
42Water temp: 62°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Winter flounder
Species seasonality
64Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Winter flounder 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Winter flounder is best here
Shoulder season for Winter flounder · 3 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Winans Cove
- Depth
- 15-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWinter flounder
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 Winans Cove
Winans Cove is a bay in Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Depth is 15-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, striped bass, bluefish and black sea bass, and shoulder season for scup, spot, weakfish and little tunny. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Spotted seatrout peak from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Winter flounder
- Winter flounder spend late winter and spring on mud and sand bottom in harbors, coves and tidal channels, often in 5 to 30 feet. Anchor, chum with crushed clams or mussels, and fish small long-shank hooks with worm or clam on the bottom, tapping the rig to stir up mud. The bite is light, so use a sensitive rod.
- 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
- Ferry Bar Channel66
Channel · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 66
- Spot 65
- Spotted seatrout 65
5 kt SWL 8:13 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:38 PM · 1.3 ft
- Ferry Bar Channel66
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 66
- Spot 65
- Spotted seatrout 65
5 kt SWL 8:13 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:38 PM · 1.3 ft
- Middle Branch Patapsco River63
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 63
- Spot 61
- Spotted seatrout 61
5 kt SWL 8:13 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:38 PM · 1.3 ft
- Whetstone Point61
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 61
- Striped bass 61
- Spot 59
5 kt SWL 8:13 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:38 PM · 1.3 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.