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Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 402 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 AM-1 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.5 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
83Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 7 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
32Off 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 yesterday
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
Thorns Point
- Depth
- 1-30 ftSlope
- 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 Thorns Point
Thorns Point is a cape in Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD, Maryland. Depth is 1-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, little tunny and bluefish. It is peak season now for spot, little tunny, red drum and scup, and shoulder season for bluefish, spotted seatrout, striped bass and Atlantic croaker. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Town Point63
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 62
- Little tunny 60
12 kt NEL 6:44 AM · 0.7 ftH 12:27 PM · 1.6 ft
- Point Patience63
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 62
- Little tunny 60
12 kt NEL 6:44 AM · 0.7 ftH 12:27 PM · 1.6 ft
- Myrtle Point63
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Little tunny 60
- Red drum 58
12 kt NEL 6:44 AM · 0.7 ftH 12:27 PM · 1.6 ft
- Janes Point61
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 61
- Little tunny 57
- Bluefish 55
12 kt NEL 6:44 AM · 0.7 ftH 12:27 PM · 1.6 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.