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King mackerelShoulder season

Bay · Maryland

Lower Greens Cove

38.34°N · 75.91°W · Bay · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island

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Best score today · 10 AM · King mackerel

76/100Great
Now
391 PM EDT
Best window
9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.4 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: Fri · 84

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 1 PM · now

Time1PNOW
Score39Fair
Tide2.4 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentFlood0.7 kn · toward NNE
Wind12 kn NEgusts 26 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.4 ft · 3 s
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherOvercast85% chance of rain
Water69°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When King mackerel is best here

Shoulder season for King mackerel · 1 more week at shoulder

King mackerel season by week of the year. Shoulder season for King mackerel · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Lower Greens Cove

Depth
3-5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Lower Greens Cove

Lower Greens Cove is a bay in Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. Depth is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, striped bass and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.

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.
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

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  • Upper Greens Cove

    Bay · 0.8 mi

    71
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 71
    • Spot 71
    • Little tunny 62

    12 kt NEL 7:04 PM · 0.7 ftH 12:49 AM · 2.7 ft

  • Swan Creek Cove

    Bay · 2.9 mi

    71
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 71
    • Spot 71
    • Atlantic croaker 59

    12 kt NEL 7:04 PM · 0.7 ftH 12:49 AM · 2.7 ft

  • Newfoundland Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    66
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 65
    • Scup 65

    12 kt NEL 7:04 PM · 0.7 ftH 12:49 AM · 2.7 ft

  • Dasheills Point

    Cape · 2.0 mi

    66
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 65
    • Scup 65

    12 kt NEL 7:04 PM · 0.7 ftH 12:49 AM · 2.7 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.