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Best score today · 10 AM · King mackerel

68/100Great

Now: 4210 AM EDT
Best window: 10 AM-12 PMFlood tide
Tide now: Flooding1.5 ft ▲

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 82

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Conditions · 10 AM · now

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Score42Fair

Tide1.5 ft ▲Flooding

CurrentSlack0.1 kn

Wind15 kn NEgusts 26 · steady

Sea stateModerate2.3 ft · 3 s

Air temp62°Mild

WeatherOvercast74% chance of rain

Water68°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for King mackerel is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with Maryland DNR before you keep a fish.

Always check with Maryland DNR ↗Fishing license ↗

Source: Maryland DNR · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When King mackerel is best here

Shoulder season for King mackerel · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Long Point

Depth: 1-4 ftNearest water
Structure: Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
Season: Shoulder seasonKing mackerel

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 in the nearest water is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and striped bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, spot and sheepshead, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and tautog. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December.

Tackle & technique

King mackerel: Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
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.
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.

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- Scup 63
- Striped bass 62
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Wheatley Point Cove
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- Spot 67
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Lower Wroten Point
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- Little tunny 68
- Scup 63
- Striped bass 62
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Tom Point
Cape · 1.2 mi
65
Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 65
- Spot 62
- Scup 60
15 kt NEH 12:27 PM · 1.6 ftL 6:33 PM · 0.4 ft