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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Sandy Point
37.81°N · 75.72°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 506 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.1 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 · 6 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
65Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
84Wind: 11 kt EPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
81Water temp: 77°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 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
Sandy Point
- Depth
- 2-8 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- 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 Sandy Point
Sandy Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth in the nearest water is 2-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, spot and scup. It is peak season now for little tunny, spot, scup and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, Atlantic croaker and striped bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- 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
- The Thorofare72
Channel · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 72
- Scup 68
- Summer flounder 67
11 kt EH 9:48 AM · 2.2 ftL 4:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Weir Point68
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 68
- Spot 66
- Scup 63
11 kt EH 9:48 AM · 2.2 ftL 4:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Zare Point67
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Spot 66
- Scup 63
11 kt EH 9:48 AM · 2.2 ftL 4:26 PM · 0.7 ft
- Canoedas Point65
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Spot 63
- Scup 61
11 kt EH 9:23 AM · 1.9 ftL 3:38 PM · 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.