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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · Virginia
Brockenberry Bay
37.30°N · 75.91°W · Bay · Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
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Best score today · 11 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 2612 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low0.7 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
15Tide: Low slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
12Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 20 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 77°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 4.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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 VMRC before you keep a fish.
Source: VMRC · synced today
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
Brockenberry Bay
- Depth
- Under 1 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 Brockenberry Bay
Brockenberry Bay is a bay in Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Virginia. Depth is under 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are bluefish, scup and summer flounder. It is peak season now for scup, summer flounder, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, spotted seatrout and weakfish. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Scup peak from June through October. Summer flounder peak from June 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Crow Bay39
Bay · 2.5 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 39
- Little tunny 35
- Scup 35
20 kt NEH 7:04 PM · 5.3 ftL 12:58 AM · 0.8 ft
- Narrow Channel38
Channel · 1.9 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 38
- Little tunny 35
- Scup 35
20 kt NEH 7:04 PM · 5.3 ftL 12:58 AM · 0.8 ft
- Oyster Slip35
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 35
- Scup 35
- Sheepshead 35
20 kt NEH 7:04 PM · 5.3 ftL 12:58 AM · 0.8 ft
- Point of Rock Channel35
Channel · 2.6 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 35
- Scup 35
- Sheepshead 35
20 kt NEH 7:04 PM · 5.3 ftL 12:58 AM · 0.8 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 VMRC before you keep a fish.