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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · Virginia
Stingaree Point Cove
37.48°N · 75.66°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 · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 306 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High3.9 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 · 6 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
34Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
37Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
48Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.8 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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
Stingaree Point Cove
- Depth
- 5-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · 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 Stingaree Point Cove
Stingaree Point Cove is a bay in Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Virginia. Depth is 5-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and king mackerel. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July 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.
- 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
- Quinby Inlet62
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Little tunny 50
- Spanish mackerel 48
17 kt NEL 12:07 PM · 0.6 ftH 6:39 PM · 4.7 ft
- Revel Island Cove59
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 59
- Little tunny 45
- Spanish mackerel 43
17 kt NEL 12:07 PM · 0.6 ftH 6:39 PM · 4.7 ft
- Sandy Island Channel59
Channel · 1.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 59
- Summer flounder 44
- Sheepshead 43
17 kt NEL 12:07 PM · 0.6 ftH 6:39 PM · 4.7 ft
- The Swash59
Gut · 2.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 59
- Summer flounder 45
- Sheepshead 43
17 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.