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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · Maryland
Solomons Lump
38.05°N · 76.01°W · Bar · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
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Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 265 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
21Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
50Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.8 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Solomons Lump
- Depth
- 6-30 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · slope
- 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 Solomons Lump
Solomons Lump is a bar in Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. Depth is 6-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are bluefish, little tunny and spot. It is peak season now for little tunny, spot, red drum and scup, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and weakfish. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August through October.
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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Kedges Straits55
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 55
- Red drum 51
- Scup 50
13 kt NEL 5:48 AM · 0.5 ftH 11:44 AM · 1.5 ft
- Bridge Creek52
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 52
- Bluefish 50
- Spot 50
13 kt NEL 5:36 AM · 0.6 ftH 11:18 AM · 1.8 ft
- Tangier Sound52
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 52
- Bluefish 51
- Little tunny 51
13 kt NEL 5:36 AM · 0.6 ftH 11:18 AM · 1.8 ft
- Fog Point Cove51
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 51
- Bluefish 50
- Little tunny 48
13 kt NEL 5:36 AM · 0.6 ftH 11:18 AM · 1.8 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.