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Best score today · 3 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 407 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 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 · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
53Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
53Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
70Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Ship Point
- Depth
- Up to 25 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 Ship Point
Ship Point is a cape in Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD, Maryland. Depth in the nearest water is up to 25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, Spanish mackerel and spot. It is peak season now for little tunny, Spanish mackerel, spot and scup, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, king mackerel and striped bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September. 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.
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Town Point60
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 60
- Little tunny 58
- Spot 58
13 kt NEH 12:23 AM · 1.7 ftL 6:44 AM · 0.7 ft
- Point Patience60
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 60
- Little tunny 58
- Spot 58
13 kt NEH 12:23 AM · 1.7 ftL 6:44 AM · 0.7 ft
- Janes Point58
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 58
- Spot 58
- Spanish mackerel 55
13 kt NEH 12:23 AM · 1.7 ftL 6:44 AM · 0.7 ft
- Thorns Point58
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 58
- Spot 58
- Spanish mackerel 55
13 kt NEH 12:23 AM · 1.7 ftL 6:44 AM · 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.