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WeakfishShoulder season

Bay · Virginia

Pocomoke Sound

37.86°N · 75.80°W · Bay · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA

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Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish

69/100Great
Now
4411 AM EDT
Best window
7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
High2.4 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: Fri · 81

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 11 AM · now

Time11ANOW
Score44Fair
Tide2.4 ftHigh
CurrentSlack0.0 kn
Wind16 kn NEgusts 28 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.2 ft · 3 s
Air temp65°Mild
WeatherOvercast96% chance of rain
Water70°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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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

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

Pocomoke Sound

Depth
About 15 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
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 Pocomoke Sound

Pocomoke Sound is a bay in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is about 15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and striped bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.

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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

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  • Drum Bay

    Bay · 4.3 mi

    71
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 71
    • Spot 70
    • Little tunny 60

    14 kt NEL 5:05 PM · 0.8 ftH 10:41 PM · 2.6 ft

  • The Thorofare

    Channel · 3.8 mi

    69
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 69
    • Spot 68
    • Atlantic croaker 58

    16 kt NEL 4:28 PM · 0.9 ftH 10:30 PM · 2.3 ft

  • Long Point

    Cape · 3.3 mi

    64
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 64
    • Little tunny 62
    • Spot 62

    14 kt NEL 5:05 PM · 0.8 ftH 10:41 PM · 2.6 ft

  • Guilford Flats

    Flat · 2.1 mi

    62
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 62
    • Spot 60
    • Red drum 51

    16 kt NEL 5:16 PM · 0.6 ftH 10:55 PM · 2.7 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.