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CobiaShoulder seasonChannel · Virginia
Cunjer Channel
37.47°N · 75.74°W · Channel · Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 305 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding3.6 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 + Open-Meteo Marine
82Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
38Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.8 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 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
Cunjer Channel
- Depth
- Under 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Cunjer Channel
Cunjer Channel is a channel 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 channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, sheepshead and summer flounder. It is peak season now for scup, sheepshead, summer flounder and little tunny, and shoulder season for black sea bass, striped bass, bluefish and king mackerel. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September. 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.
- 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.
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- North Channel59
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 59
- Spot 58
- Scup 57
17 kt NEH 6:45 AM · 4.3 ftL 12:54 PM · 0.8 ft
- Black Duck Cove55
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 55
- Bluefish 46
- Summer flounder 45
17 kt NEH 6:11 AM · 3.9 ftL 12:07 PM · 0.6 ft
- Little Camp Channel55
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 55
- Summer flounder 48
- Sheepshead 47
17 kt NEH 6:11 AM · 3.9 ftL 12:07 PM · 0.6 ft
- Hog Island Bay53
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 53
- Scup 53
- Summer flounder 50
17 kt NEH 6:45 AM · 4.3 ftL 12:54 PM · 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.