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Cape · Virginia

Mockhorn Point

37.15°N · 75.91°W · Cape · 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 · Weakfish

49/100Good
Now
261 PM EDT
Best window
8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Low0.8 ft

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 1 PM · now

Time1PNOW
Score26Fair
Tide0.8 ftLow
CurrentSlack0.1 kn
Wind20 kn NEgusts 31 · steady
Sea stateRough5.1 ft · 7 s
Air temp69°Warm
WeatherOvercast94% chance of rain
Water77°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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 Virginia

Spot profile

Mockhorn Point

Depth
1-3 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Mockhorn Point

Mockhorn Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Virginia. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, sheepshead and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, striped bass and spotted seatrout. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.

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.
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

  • McGothy Channel

    Channel · 1.2 mi

    35
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 35
    • Sheepshead 35
    • Summer flounder 35

    20 kt NEH 6:56 PM · 4.2 ftL 1:51 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Thoms Creek

    Gut · 1.8 mi

    35
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 35
    • Sheepshead 35
    • Summer flounder 35

    20 kt NEH 6:56 PM · 4.2 ftL 1:51 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Long Point Channel

    Channel · 1.7 mi

    33
    Top: Black sea bassShoulder season
    • Black sea bass 33
    • Atlantic croaker 30
    • Little tunny 30

    20 kt NEH 6:56 PM · 4.2 ftL 1:51 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Smith Island Bay

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    32
    Top: BluefishShoulder season
    • Bluefish 32
    • Atlantic croaker 30
    • Little tunny 30

    20 kt NEH 6:56 PM · 4.2 ftL 1:51 AM · 0.9 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.