NWS zone ANZ543 · Mid-Atlantic
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island fishing forecast
Maryland · Atlantic coast
Score now
- Named spots
- 166
- Species scored
- 18
- Tide stations
- 4
Overview
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island is NWS marine zone ANZ543 on the Maryland Atlantic coast, in the Mid-Atlantic species region. The Waterlands engine treats it as inland water (bays, sounds, straits). It holds 166 named features from the USGS Geographic Names Information System and has 4 NOAA tide stations nearby.
18 species are scored here in this forecast; Little tunny, Spot, Sheepshead, Red drum and Spanish mackerel are at peak season now.
At 3:00 PM it scores 70 (great), led by Little tunny. The best window for the rest of today is 7 PM-12 AM (flood tide), peaking at 73 for Spot. Over the next 14 days the best hour is Sun, Oct 4 at 7 PM, scoring 85.
Best times to fish
Waterlands engine forecast computed 3:06 PM EDT.
Best window today
7 PM-12 AM · Flood tide
Top species: Spot
Best hour of each day, next 14 days
Tue, Sep 22
77
2 AM
Spot
Wed, Sep 23
74
11 PM
Spot
Thu, Sep 24
82
11 PM
Red drum
Fri, Sep 25
83
6 PM
Red drum
Sat, Sep 26
81
7 AM
Little tunny
Sun, Sep 27
78
1 AM
Red drum
Mon, Sep 28
82
7 AM
Little tunny
Tue, Sep 29
82
7 AM
Little tunny
Wed, Sep 30
81
7 AM
Little tunny
Thu, Oct 1
83
5 PM
Little tunny
Fri, Oct 2
82
5 PM
Little tunny
Sat, Oct 3
83
6 PM
Red drum
Sun, Oct 4
85
7 PM
Red drum
Best day
Mon, Oct 5
81
8 AM
Spot
Species · 18
Listed for the Mid-Atlantic region. Scores are this hour; season is where the species is in its year.
Peak season, about 5 more weeks · Best day Thu, Oct 1 at 5 PM (83)
Peak season, about 4 more weeks · Best day Wed, Sep 30 at 5 PM (81)
Peak season, about 1 more week · Best day Fri, Sep 25 at 6 PM (73)
Peak season, about 4 more weeks · Best day Sun, Oct 4 at 7 PM (85)
Peak season, about 1 more week · Best day Fri, Sep 25 at 6 PM (73)
Peak season, about 1 more week · Best day Fri, Sep 25 at 6 PM (73)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Thu, Oct 1 at 5 PM (75)
Peak season, about 5 more weeks · Best day Wed, Sep 30 at 5 PM (80)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Sun, Oct 4 at 7 PM (70)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Thu, Oct 1 at 8 AM (77)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Tue, Sep 29 at 5 PM (67)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Sun, Oct 4 at 7 PM (80)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Sun, Oct 4 at 7 PM (82)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Fri, Sep 25 at 6 PM (61)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Tue, Sep 29 at 7 AM (63)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Tue, Sep 29 at 7 AM (66)
Off season, about 5 more weeks · Best day Tue, Sep 22 at 12 AM (35)
Named spots · 166
Ranked by score this hour. Each spot has its own hourly forecast, tide, current and regulations.
- Cedar Creek PointCape · 3 to 6 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Little tunny71Great
- Ellis BayBay · 3 to 5 ft · ProtectedTop now: Spot71Great
- McCreadys PointCape · 1 to 7 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Little tunny71Great
- Monie BayBay · 4 to 6 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Spot71Great
- Nanticoke PointCape · 2 to 4 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Little tunny71Great
- Pigeonhouse CreekBay · 1 to 4 ft · ProtectedTop now: Spot71Great
- Point No PointCape · 4 to 6 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Little tunny71Great
- Ragged Point CoveBay · 2 to 6 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Spot71Great
- Sandy Island CoveBay · 3 to 6 ft · ProtectedTop now: Spot71Great
- Stump PointCape · 1 to 4 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Little tunny71Great
- Swan Creek CoveBay · 3 to 6 ft · ProtectedTop now: Spot71Great
- Thorofare PointCape · 4 to 7 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Little tunny71Great
154 more spots, A to Z
- Acre Creek66
- Back Cove66
- Barnes Cove66
- Bay Point70
- Bay Point70
- Bentley Cove63
- Bentley Point66
- Big Thorofare67
- Billys Point62
- Bishops Head Point70
- Bloodsworth Point63
- Brant Hole66
- Bridge Creek66
- Broad Point69
- Bulls Point69
- Cat Cove63
- Cedar Island Creek62
- Cedar Point62
- Chaisey Point63
- Champ Point69
- Clay Island Bend69
- Clay Island Creek67
- Crab Point69
- Crab Point65
- Crab Point Cove62
- Crane Cove69
- Creek Point63
- Dasheills Point68
- Dicks Point66
- Dicks Point63
- Drum Point70
- Drum Point Cove70
- Duck Point Cove62
- East Point69
- Falling Cove62
- Ferry Point65
- Fishing Bay67
- Fishing Creek67
- Fishing Point70
- Fishing Point69
- Fishing Point63
- Flag Cove63
- Flatland Cove69
- Fog Point68
- Fog Point Cove66
- Fords Cove69
- Fox Creek65
- Frances Gut67
- Goose Creek70
- Great Cove67
- Great Marsh Point69
- Great Point68
- Great Shoals68
- Gunbarrel Cove66
- Gunbarrel Point69
- Hall Point69
- Hazard Cove69
- Hearns Cove62
- Hickory Cove63
- Hickory Point66
- Holland Straits65
- Hooper Strait67
- Hopkins Cove68
- Hunter Gut67
- Insley Cove62
- Jeans Gut66
- Jimson Weed Point65
- Joes Cove66
- Joes Ridge Creek66
- Johnson Cove66
- Johnson Point68
- Jones Creek66
- Kedges Straits67
- Kirwan Point67
- Lakes Cove64
- Laws Thorofare68
- Letter Cove70
- Levering Creek66
- Lighting Knot Cove66
- Long Creek66
- Long Creek Point68
- Long Point69
- Long Point65
- Lower Greens Cove68
- Lower Island Point69
- Lower Thorofare68
- Lower Wroten Point65
- McCreadys Cove70
- Mens Burial Point62
- Merlin Gut66
- Mollies Point70
- Monie Point70
- Moon Bay69
- Mud Point68
- Muddy Creek66
- Muddy Creek66
- Muddy Hook Cove63
- Muscle Hole66
- Musclehole Bar65
- Nail Point70
- Negro Cove65
- Newfoundland Point68
- Norman Cove62
- North End Bottom66
- Northeast Cove66
- Okahanikan Cove60
- Old House Point70
- Oyster Cove64
- Paul Point67
- Phillips Point67
- Pin Point69
- Piney Creek67
- Pone Cove60
- Prickly Point70
- Pry Cove66
- Pungers Cove66
- Pungers Creek66
- Pungers Point69
- Red Hole67
- Rhodes Point Gut67
- Rocking Point63
- Sand Point65
- Sandy Point68
- Sedgy Point Gut65
- Shanks Creek66
- Shark Fin Shoal64
- Shark Point69
- Sheepshead Harbor69
- Shirtpond Cove68
- Smith Point69
- Smoke Point65
- Sob Point70
- Solomons Lump65
- Sound Point (historical)68
- Straddling Point70
- Swaney Cove66
- Tangier Sound66
- Terrapin Sand Cove66
- Terrapin Sand Point69
- The Gunbarrel67
- The Tidepond68
- Thorofare Cove66
- Tigs Point64
- Tom Point63
- Twitch Cove66
- Upper Greens Cove68
- Upper Wroten Point65
- Watkins Pointe (historical)68
- Wear Point66
- Wellridge Creek66
- West Point69
- Wheatley Point Cove63
- Whitewood Cove68
- Wolftrap Creek70
Nearest tide stations
Regulations
Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Synced with Maryland DNR Sep 22, 2026.
No reviewed rules for the species listed here are on file yet. Check with Maryland DNR before you keep a fish.
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