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Striped bassShoulder seasonBay · Maryland
Long Creek
38.17°N · 76.07°W · Bay · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
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Best score today · 10 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 569 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 AM-1 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.3 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 · 9 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
70Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
57Wind: 11 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 68°F, warmLight: MorningSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.8 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Long Creek
- Depth
- Up to 3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonStriped bass
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 Long Creek
Long Creek is a bay in Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. Depth is up to 3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and bluefish. It is peak season now for scup, spot, red drum and summer flounder, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, weakfish and striped bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- 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
- Northeast Cove69
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 69
- Little tunny 66
- Spot 66
11 kt NEH 11:56 AM · 2.0 ftL 6:15 PM · 0.5 ft
- Muddy Creek68
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Spot 66
- Bluefish 63
11 kt NEH 11:56 AM · 2.0 ftL 6:15 PM · 0.5 ft
- Bloodsworth Point68
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 68
- Scup 62
- Striped bass 62
11 kt NEH 11:54 AM · 1.6 ftL 6:20 PM · 0.8 ft
- Pone Cove67
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 67
- Spot 65
- Red drum 63
11 kt NEH 11:54 AM · 1.6 ftL 6:20 PM · 0.8 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.