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Cape · Maryland

Blossom Point

38.41°N · 77.11°W · Cape · Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD

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Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish

74/100Great
Now
589 AM EDT
Best window
9 AM-12 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding0.5 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 9 AM · now

Time9ANOW
Score58Good
Tide0.5 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentEbb1.2 kn · toward E
Wind10 kn ENEgusts 19 · steady
Air temp66°Mild
WeatherOvercast86% chance of rain
Water77°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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 · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

Weakfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Weakfish in Maryland

Spot profile

Blossom Point

Depth
1-8 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Blossom Point

Blossom Point is a cape in Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD, Maryland. Depth is 1-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, Spanish mackerel and red drum. It is peak season now for little tunny, Spanish mackerel, red drum and spot, and shoulder season for bluefish, spotted seatrout, weakfish and king mackerel. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September. 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.
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.
Spanish mackerel
Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Upper Cedar Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    73
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 73
    • Spanish mackerel 68
    • Red drum 67

    10 kt ENEH 2:07 PM · 1.3 ftL 7:36 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Smith Point

    Cape · 8.5 mi

    73
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 73
    • Spanish mackerel 66
    • Red drum 65

    7 kt NEL 9:39 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:25 PM · 1.2 ft

  • Harrison Cove

    Bay · 7.0 mi

    71
    Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season
    • Spanish mackerel 71
    • Red drum 70
    • Little tunny 69

    6 kt ENEL 9:39 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:25 PM · 1.2 ft

  • Wades Bay

    Bay · 8.3 mi

    71
    Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season
    • Spanish mackerel 71
    • Spot 70
    • Little tunny 69

    7 kt NEL 9:39 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:25 PM · 1.2 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.