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SpotPeak season

Cape · Virginia

Warehouse Point

37.67°N · 75.84°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA

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Best score today · 12 AM · Spot

72/100Great
Now
615 PM EDT
Best window
5-7 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding1.0 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Thursday, Oct 1 · 7 AM

Time7A
Score74Great
Tide0.8 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.8 kn · toward WSW
Wind3 kn NWgusts 6 · steady
Sea stateCalm0.1 ft · 4 s
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy74% cloud
Water70°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Spot is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with VMRC before you keep a fish.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Spot is best here

Peak season for Spot · 4 more weeks at peak

Spot season by week of the year. Peak season for Spot · 4 more weeks at peak.
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  • Shoulder
  • Off
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  • This week

Spot in Virginia

Spot profile

Warehouse Point

Depth
1-10 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonSpot

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 Warehouse Point

Warehouse Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 1-10 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, scup and spot. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, spot and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, striped bass and weakfish. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October.

Tackle & technique

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.
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.
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

  • Buckland Gut

    Gut · 0.1 mi

    67
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 67
    • Spot 67
    • Sheepshead 63

    17 kt NEH 9:17 PM · 2.0 ftL 3:51 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Indian Point

    Cape · 2.3 mi

    66
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 66
    • Scup 61
    • Spot 61

    17 kt NEH 9:17 PM · 2.0 ftL 3:51 AM · 0.7 ft

  • West Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    64
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 64
    • Scup 60
    • Spot 59

    17 kt NEH 9:17 PM · 2.0 ftL 3:51 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Bluff Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    64
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 64
    • Scup 60
    • Spot 59

    17 kt NEH 9:17 PM · 2.0 ftL 3:51 AM · 0.7 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.