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WeakfishShoulder seasonBay · Maryland
Negro Cove
38.30°N · 76.12°W · Bay · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
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Best score today · 11 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 482 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.8 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 · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
45Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
37Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
69Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 · Sync unavailable, last verified Sep 13, 2026
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Negro Cove
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Negro Cove
Negro Cove is a bay in Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for scup, spot, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, Atlantic croaker, black sea bass and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
- Fox Creek63
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 63
- Spot 61
- Red drum 55
13 kt NEL 6:38 PM · 1.0 ftH 12:52 AM · 2.4 ft
- Kirwan Point61
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 61
- Scup 57
- Spot 56
13 kt NEL 6:38 PM · 1.0 ftH 12:52 AM · 2.4 ft
- Insley Cove59
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 59
- Spot 59
- Little tunny 58
13 kt NEL 6:20 PM · 0.8 ftH 12:15 AM · 1.8 ft
- Lakes Cove53
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 53
- Striped bass 50
- Black sea bass 47
16 kt NEL 6:38 PM · 1.0 ftH 12:52 AM · 2.4 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.