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WeakfishShoulder seasonBay · Virginia
Cod Harbor
37.81°N · 75.99°W · Bay · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
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Best score today · 1 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 475 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.3 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
59Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
38Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
58Water temp: 75°F, warmLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Cod Harbor
- Depth
- 1-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Cod Harbor
Cod Harbor is a bay in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 1-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, spot, sheepshead and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for black sea bass, bluefish, king mackerel and Atlantic croaker. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
- Mailboat Harbor62
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Spot 61
- Sheepshead 59
17 kt NEH 9:58 PM · 1.6 ftL 4:33 AM · 0.2 ft
- Tangier North Channel60
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 60
- Spot 58
- Summer flounder 57
17 kt NEH 9:58 PM · 1.6 ftL 4:33 AM · 0.2 ft
- Whale Point59
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 59
- Scup 55
- Bluefish 53
17 kt NEH 9:58 PM · 1.6 ftL 4:33 AM · 0.2 ft
- West Point59
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 59
- Scup 55
- Bluefish 53
17 kt NEH 9:58 PM · 1.6 ftL 4:33 AM · 0.2 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.