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Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4810 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.4 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 · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
45Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
91Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
53Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 · 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 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 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 spot, scup and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, Spanish mackerel and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, bluefish and king mackerel. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
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.
- 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
- Janes Point70
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 61
- Atlantic croaker 59
8 kt NEH 10:50 AM · 1.5 ftL 5:03 PM · 0.6 ft
- Thorns Point70
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 61
- Atlantic croaker 59
8 kt NEH 10:50 AM · 1.5 ftL 5:03 PM · 0.6 ft
- Town Point69
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Scup 67
- Little tunny 58
8 kt NEH 10:50 AM · 1.5 ftL 5:03 PM · 0.6 ft
- Point Patience69
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Scup 67
- Little tunny 58
8 kt NEH 10:50 AM · 1.5 ftL 5:03 PM · 0.6 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.