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CobiaShoulder season

Bay · Maryland

Muddy Hook Cove

38.26°N · 76.17°W · Bay · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island

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Best score today · 11 PM · Cobia

71/100Great

Now: 445 PM EDT
Best window: 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now: Ebbing1.2 ft ▼

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Best: Fri · 83

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Conditions · 5 PM · now

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Score44Fair

Tide1.2 ft ▼Ebbing

CurrentEbb0.3 kn · toward SSE

Wind16 kn ENEgusts 27 · steady

Sea stateModerate2.6 ft · 3 s

Air temp67°Mild

WeatherOvercast97% cloud

Water69°FObserved

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THU · SEP 24

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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

Muddy Hook Cove

Depth: 2-6 ftFlat bottom
Structure: Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Muddy Hook Cove

Muddy Hook Cove is a bay in Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. Depth is 2-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, spot and sheepshead. It is peak season now for little tunny, spot, sheepshead and red drum, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and weakfish. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.

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.
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.
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.

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Dicks Point
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Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 65
- Striped bass 58
- Bluefish 57
16 kt ENEL 6:38 PM · 1.0 ftH 12:52 AM · 2.4 ft
Hickory Point
Cape · 0.6 mi
65
Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 65
- Striped bass 58
- Bluefish 57
16 kt ENEL 6:38 PM · 1.0 ftH 12:52 AM · 2.4 ft
Richland Point
Cape · 0.8 mi
64
Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 64
- Striped bass 57
- Bluefish 56
16 kt ENEL 6:38 PM · 1.0 ftH 12:52 AM · 2.4 ft
Hickory Cove
Bay · 0.6 mi
62
Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 62
- Spot 61
- Sheepshead 59
16 kt ENEL 6:38 PM · 1.0 ftH 12:52 AM · 2.4 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.