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WeakfishShoulder seasonChannel · Virginia
Green Channel
37.55°N · 75.66°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 · Weakfish
- Now
- 618 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.5 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 · 8 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
82Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
39Wind: 16 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
75Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
79Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Green Channel
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Green Channel
Green Channel is a channel in Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Virginia. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for scup, spot, red drum and sheepshead, and shoulder season for black sea bass, weakfish, striped bass and Atlantic croaker. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bulls Head69
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Red drum 65
- Scup 61
16 kt NEL 12:29 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:00 PM · 4.5 ft
- Clark Bay66
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Red drum 65
- Spot 65
16 kt NEL 12:29 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:00 PM · 4.5 ft
- Drawing Channel58
Channel · 0.4 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 58
- Summer flounder 58
- Scup 57
16 kt NEL 12:07 PM · 0.6 ftH 6:39 PM · 4.7 ft
- Swash Bay57
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 57
- Little tunny 55
- Summer flounder 55
16 kt NEL 12:07 PM · 0.6 ftH 6:39 PM · 4.7 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.