UPDATEDAUTO-REFRESH 5 MIN
WeakfishShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Eagle Point
37.85°N · 76.37°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
Species here · tap to switch
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4210 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.2 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
Notify me when Eagle Point scores 75+
Checked every morning against the 14-day forecast. Free by push and email.
14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Oct 4 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
87Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 6 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
65Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Eagle Point
- Depth
- 3-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
- 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 Eagle Point
Eagle Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 3-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and king mackerel. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
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
- Horn Harbor77
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 77
- Scup 72
- Atlantic croaker 63
10 kt ENEL 4:16 PM · 0.7 ftH 10:21 PM · 1.4 ft
- Island Point71
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 71
- Scup 68
- Little tunny 63
8 kt ENEL 4:16 PM · 0.7 ftH 10:21 PM · 1.4 ft
- Glebe Point70
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 65
- Little tunny 60
10 kt ENEL 4:16 PM · 0.7 ftH 10:21 PM · 1.4 ft
- Ferry Point70
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 65
- Little tunny 60
10 kt ENEL 4:16 PM · 0.7 ftH 10:21 PM · 1.4 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.