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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Onley Point
37.72°N · 75.78°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 4110 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High1.8 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 · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
21Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
58Wind: 14 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
94Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia 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 Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Onley Point
- Depth
- 1-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
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 Onley Point
Onley Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 1-15 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 Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- 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
- Poplar Cove75
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 75
- Scup 73
- Atlantic croaker 63
14 kt EL 3:58 PM · 0.7 ftH 10:01 PM · 2.0 ft
- Bailey Point70
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 68
- Little tunny 60
14 kt EL 3:58 PM · 0.7 ftH 10:01 PM · 2.0 ft
- Ware Point67
Cape · 2.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Little tunny 65
- Scup 65
14 kt EL 3:12 PM · 0.7 ftH 9:17 PM · 2.0 ft
- Thicket Point67
Cape · 3.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Scup 65
- Little tunny 64
14 kt EL 3:12 PM · 0.7 ftH 9:17 PM · 2.0 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.