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TautogShoulder seasonGut · Virginia
Cabin Creek
37.18°N · 76.40°W · Gut · Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA
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Best score today · 11 AM · Tautog
- Now
- 445 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.8 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 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
42Wind: 15 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
38Water temp: 76°F, hotLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.1 ftSeason & habitat · Tautog
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Tautog 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 Tautog is best here
Shoulder season for Tautog · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cabin Creek
- Depth
- Up to 2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonTautog
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 Cabin Creek
Cabin Creek is a gut in Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA, Virginia. Depth is up to 2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, spot, sheepshead and summer flounder, and shoulder season for black sea bass, Atlantic croaker, weakfish and bluefish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Tautog
- Tautog live in rocks, wrecks, bridge pilings and jetties and rarely stray from cover, usually in 10 to 60 feet inshore and deeper in late fall. Anchor so the bait sits in the structure, fish crab on a short rig or a tog jig, and set hard on the second tap before the fish pulls into the rocks. Clams and worms work better in cold spring water; hard crabs are the standard in fall.
- 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
- Thorofare65
Channel · 2.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Spot 65
- Sheepshead 62
15 kt NEH 7:58 PM · 2.6 ftL 2:10 AM · 0.5 ft
- York Point64
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Scup 59
- Spot 59
15 kt NEH 7:43 PM · 2.6 ftL 1:58 AM · 0.5 ft
- Hunts Point64
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Scup 59
- Bluefish 58
15 kt NEH 7:58 PM · 2.6 ftL 2:10 AM · 0.5 ft
- Green Point64
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Scup 59
- Spot 59
15 kt NEH 7:43 PM · 2.6 ftL 1:58 AM · 0.5 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.