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Striped bassShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Glebe Point
37.85°N · 76.37°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
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Best score today · 9 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 4711 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Oct 4 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
87Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
70Water temp: 72°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
85Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Glebe Point
- Depth
- 5-20 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 Glebe Point
Glebe Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 5-20 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 red drum, 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
- Horn Harbor65
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 62
- Atlantic croaker 51
13 kt NEL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:43 AM · 1.3 ft
- Ferry Point59
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 59
- Scup 57
- Little tunny 53
13 kt NEL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:43 AM · 1.3 ft
- Rogue Point59
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 59
- Scup 57
- Little tunny 53
13 kt NEL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:43 AM · 1.3 ft
- Eagle Point58
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 58
- Scup 56
- Little tunny 52
13 kt NEL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:43 AM · 1.3 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.