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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Old Point Comfort
37.00°N · 76.31°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA
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Best score today · 11 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 5011 AM EDT
- Best window
- 11 AM-1 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.4 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 · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
46Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
75Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.4 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
Old Point Comfort
- Depth
- 15-60 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · drop-off
- 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 Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA, Virginia. Depth in the nearest water is 15-60 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, black sea bass and king mackerel. It is peak season now for little tunny, Spanish mackerel, spot and red drum, and shoulder season for black sea bass, king mackerel, bluefish and striped bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Entrance Reach70
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Summer flounder 67
- Red drum 65
13 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:41 PM · 2.9 ft
- Sewells Point Spit70
Bar · 2.0 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 70
- Little tunny 69
- Summer flounder 66
13 kt NEL 1:26 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:40 PM · 2.9 ft
- Cedar Point70
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Little tunny 69
- Summer flounder 65
13 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:41 PM · 2.9 ft
- Hampton Bar69
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 69
- Little tunny 66
- Summer flounder 65
13 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:41 PM · 2.9 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.