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WeakfishShoulder 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 · Weakfish
- Now
- 551 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
22Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 5 kt SWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
74Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 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 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 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
- 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
- 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.