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Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia

68/100Great

Now: 406 AM EDT
Best window: 8 AM-12 PMFlood tide
Tide now: Ebbing1.2 ft ▼

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 82

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Conditions · 6 AM · now

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Time6ANOW

Score40Fair

Tide1.2 ft ▼Ebbing

CurrentEbb0.7 kn · toward SE

Wind16 kn NEgusts 26 · steady

Sea stateModerate2.4 ft · 3 s

Air temp61°Mild

WeatherOvercast64% chance of rain

Water70°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

Upper Wroten Point

Depth: 2-15 ftNearest water
Structure: Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Upper Wroten Point

Upper Wroten Point is a cape in Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. Depth in the nearest water is 2-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, striped bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, spot, red drum and sheepshead, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and weakfish. Little tunny peak from September through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.

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.
Striped bass: Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.

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Lower Wroten Point
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- Little tunny 65
- Striped bass 58
- Bluefish 57
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Long Point
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Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 65
- Striped bass 58
- Bluefish 57
16 kt NEL 7:12 AM · 1.1 ftH 12:31 PM · 1.9 ft
Smoke Point
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Top: Little tunnyPeak season
- Little tunny 65
- Striped bass 58
- Bluefish 57
16 kt NEL 7:12 AM · 1.1 ftH 12:31 PM · 1.9 ft
Wheatley Point Cove
Bay · 0.4 mi
62
Top: Red drumPeak season
- Red drum 62
- Spot 59
- Bluefish 57
16 kt NEL 7:12 AM · 1.1 ftH 12:31 PM · 1.9 ft