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CobiaShoulder season

Bay · Maryland

Twitch Cove

37.99°N · 75.99°W · Bay · Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island

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Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia

69/100Great

Now: 386 AM EDT
Best window: 7 AM-1 PMFlood tide
Tide now: Flooding0.6 ft ▲

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Best days to fish

Best: Tue · 81

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Conditions · 6 AM · now

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Time6ANOW

Score38Fair

Tide0.6 ft ▲Flooding

CurrentEbb0.3 kn · toward S

Wind14 kn NEgusts 25 · steady

Sea stateModerate2.9 ft · 3 s

Air temp62°Mild

WeatherOvercast43% chance of rain

Water70°FObserved

WED · SEP 23

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 · synced yesterday

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

Twitch Cove

Depth: 2-4 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 Twitch Cove

Twitch Cove is a bay in Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. Depth is 2-4 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 summer flounder, and shoulder season for bluefish, weakfish, black sea bass and striped bass. 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.

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- Spot 52
- Red drum 51
14 kt NEH 11:18 AM · 1.8 ftL 5:49 PM · 0.5 ft
Barnes Cove
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Top: ScupPeak season
- Scup 58
- Spot 52
- Sheepshead 51
14 kt NEH 11:18 AM · 1.8 ftL 5:49 PM · 0.5 ft
Bulls Point
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54
Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 54
- Scup 53
- Striped bass 48
14 kt NEH 11:18 AM · 1.8 ftL 5:49 PM · 0.5 ft
Long Creek Point
Cape · 1.2 mi
53
Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 53
- Scup 52
- Bluefish 47
14 kt NEH 11:18 AM · 1.8 ftL 5:49 PM · 0.5 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.