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CobiaShoulder season

Cape · Maryland

Long Point

38.11°N · 76.02°W · Cape · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island

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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia

69/100Great

Now: 355 PM EDT
Best window: 8 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now: Ebbing0.5 ft ▼

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Best days to fish

Best: Mon · 83

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Conditions · 5 PM · now

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Time5PNOW

Score35Fair

Tide0.5 ft ▼Ebbing

CurrentEbb0.5 kn · toward S

Wind16 kn NEgusts 31 · steady

Sea stateModerate2.6 ft · 3 s

Air temp67°Mild

WeatherOvercast100% cloud

Water69°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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Source: Maryland DNR · Sync unavailable, last verified Sep 13, 2026

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Long Point

Depth: 2-5 ftFlat bottom
Structure: Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
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 Long Point

Long Point is a cape in Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. Depth is 2-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are striped bass, bluefish and black sea bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, red drum, scup and sheepshead, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and king mackerel. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Black sea bass peak from May through June 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.
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.
Bluefish: Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.

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Top: Striped bassShoulder season
- Striped bass 55
- Bluefish 54
- Black sea bass 48
16 kt NEL 5:59 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:05 AM · 1.7 ft
Pungers Cove
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Top: BluefishShoulder season
- Bluefish 54
- Black sea bass 48
- Striped bass 48
16 kt NEL 5:59 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:05 AM · 1.7 ft
Pungers Creek
Bay · 0.9 mi
54
Top: BluefishShoulder season
- Bluefish 54
- Striped bass 48
- Black sea bass 47
16 kt NEL 5:59 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:05 AM · 1.7 ft
Brant Hole
Bay · 0.9 mi
51
Top: BluefishShoulder season
- Bluefish 51
- Striped bass 49
- Black sea bass 45
16 kt NEL 5:59 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:05 AM · 1.7 ft

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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.