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Striped bassShoulder season

Cape · Virginia

Ferry Point

37.85°N · 76.35°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA

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Best score today · 9 AM · Striped bass

73/100Great
Now
4310 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High1.4 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Tue · 80

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 PM · now

Time10PNOW
Score43Fair
Tide1.4 ftHigh
CurrentSlack0.0 kn
Wind13 kn NEgusts 25 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.6 ft · 4 s
Air temp65°Mild
WeatherOvercast80% chance of rain
Water75°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Striped bass is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with VMRC before you keep a fish.

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Source: VMRC · synced today

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Striped bass is best here

Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder

Striped bass season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Ferry Point

Depth
10-20 ftSlope
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonStriped bass

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 Ferry Point

Ferry Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 10-20 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 sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Striped bass
Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
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

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  • Horn Harbor

    Bay · 0.5 mi

    67
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 67
    • Scup 64
    • Atlantic croaker 53

    13 kt NEL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:43 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Rogue Point

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    60
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 60
    • Scup 58
    • Little tunny 50

    13 kt NEL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:43 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Glebe Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    60
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 60
    • Scup 58
    • Little tunny 50

    13 kt NEL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:43 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Eagle Point

    Cape · 1.2 mi

    58
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 58
    • Scup 57
    • Little tunny 49

    13 kt NEL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:43 AM · 1.3 ft

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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.