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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · Maryland
Sheepshead Harbor
38.08°N · 76.03°W · Bay · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
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Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 507 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-12 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 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 · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
69Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
53Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
60Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: Maryland DNR · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Sheepshead Harbor
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Sheepshead Harbor
Sheepshead Harbor 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 sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, spot, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for black sea bass, striped bass, bluefish and weakfish. Scup peak from June 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.
- 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
- Muscle Hole66
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Red drum 63
- Spot 63
13 kt NEH 11:44 AM · 1.5 ftL 5:59 PM · 0.4 ft
- Kedges Straits66
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Spot 64
- Summer flounder 63
13 kt NEH 11:44 AM · 1.5 ftL 5:59 PM · 0.4 ft
- Oyster Cove65
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Little tunny 61
- Spot 61
13 kt NEH 11:44 AM · 1.5 ftL 5:59 PM · 0.4 ft
- Musclehole Bar63
Bar · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 63
- Red drum 63
- Scup 61
13 kt NEH 11:44 AM · 1.5 ftL 5:59 PM · 0.4 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.