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King mackerelShoulder 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 · 7 AM · King mackerel
- Now
- 512 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-9 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.7 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 · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
51Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
60Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for King mackerel 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 King mackerel is best here
Shoulder season for King mackerel · 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 seasonKing mackerel
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 scup, spot and black sea bass. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for black sea bass, king mackerel, bluefish and striped bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- 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
- Entrance Reach63
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Red drum 58
- Scup 56
10 kt NEH 7:24 AM · 2.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.6 ft
- Cedar Point62
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 62
- Spot 56
- Little tunny 53
10 kt NEH 7:24 AM · 2.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.6 ft
- Hampton Bar56
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 56
- Spot 56
- Summer flounder 54
10 kt NEH 7:24 AM · 2.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.6 ft
- Sewells Point Spit55
Bar · 2.0 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 55
- Spot 55
- Bluefish 52
10 kt NEH 7:23 AM · 2.6 ftL 1:26 PM · 0.8 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.