UPDATEDAUTO-REFRESH 5 MIN
ScupPeak seasonBay · Virginia
Ingram Cove
37.75°N · 76.31°W · Bay · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
Species here · tap to switch
Best score today · 9 AM · Scup
- Now
- 5810 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.2 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
Notify me when Ingram Cove 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SSEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
96Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Ingram Cove
- Depth
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 Ingram Cove
Ingram Cove is a bay in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 2-10 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 Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, striped bass and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Natty Point Cove65
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 58
- Atlantic croaker 53
13 kt NEL 4:29 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:26 AM · 1.1 ft
- Jarvis Point63
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 55
- Atlantic croaker 51
13 kt NEL 4:29 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:26 AM · 1.1 ft
- Hughlett Point60
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Scup 52
- Atlantic croaker 48
13 kt NEL 4:29 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:26 AM · 1.1 ft
- Kent Point60
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Scup 52
- Atlantic croaker 48
13 kt NEL 4:29 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:26 AM · 1.1 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.