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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · Virginia
Latimer Shoal
37.13°N · 76.00°W · Bar · Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA
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Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 241 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low0.8 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 · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
44Tide: Low slackCurrent: 1.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
18Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 20 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 5.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Latimer Shoal
- Depth
- 10-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Latimer Shoal
Latimer Shoal is a bar in Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA, Virginia. Depth is 10-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are bluefish, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for little tunny, Spanish mackerel, summer flounder and red drum, and shoulder season for bluefish, spotted seatrout, weakfish and king mackerel. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. 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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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
- Fishermans Inlet37
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 37
- Little tunny 35
- Scup 35
19 kt NEH 6:30 AM · 3.2 ftL 12:40 PM · 0.9 ft
- Beach Channel35
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 35
- Summer flounder 35
- Sheepshead 34
20 kt NEH 6:51 AM · 2.7 ftL 12:53 PM · 0.7 ft
- North Channel35
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 35
- Sheepshead 35
- Spanish mackerel 35
19 kt NEH 6:30 AM · 3.2 ftL 12:40 PM · 0.9 ft
- Wise Point35
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 35
- Bluefish 34
- Scup 34
19 kt NEH 6:30 AM · 3.2 ftL 12:40 PM · 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.