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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 · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 608 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.1 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 · 8 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
80Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
70Wind: 13 kt EPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
71Water temp: 77°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 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 yesterday
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 spot, scup and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for spot, scup, Spanish mackerel and little tunny, and shoulder season for black sea bass, king mackerel, Atlantic croaker and bluefish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Spanish mackerel 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Mailboat Harbor74
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 74
- Scup 71
- Red drum 70
13 kt EH 9:29 AM · 1.3 ftL 3:48 PM · 0.2 ft
- Tangier North Channel72
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 72
- Summer flounder 70
- Scup 69
13 kt EH 9:29 AM · 1.3 ftL 3:48 PM · 0.2 ft
- Whale Point70
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Spot 66
- Scup 64
13 kt EH 9:29 AM · 1.3 ftL 3:48 PM · 0.2 ft
- West Point70
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Spot 66
- Spanish mackerel 65
13 kt EH 9:29 AM · 1.3 ftL 3:48 PM · 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.