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CobiaShoulder seasonChannel · Virginia
Point of Rock Channel
37.27°N · 75.90°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 · 3 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 267 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High5.3 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 · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
31Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
15Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 22 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
39Season: 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 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
Point of Rock Channel
- Depth
- Under 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Point of Rock Channel
Point of Rock 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 protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, little tunny and scup. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, sheepshead and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for black sea bass, bluefish, striped bass and Atlantic croaker. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October.
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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Newhall Channel35
Channel · 0.3 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 35
- Little tunny 35
- Scup 35
22 kt NEL 12:58 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:20 AM · 4.8 ft
- Mockhorn Bay35
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 35
- Little tunny 35
- Scup 35
22 kt NEL 12:58 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:20 AM · 4.8 ft
- Narrow Channel35
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 35
- Little tunny 35
- Scup 35
22 kt NEL 12:58 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:20 AM · 4.8 ft
- Mockhorn Channel35
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 35
- Little tunny 35
- Scup 35
22 kt NEL 12:58 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:20 AM · 4.8 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.