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Spotted seatroutPeak season

Cape · Virginia

Weir Point

37.80°N · 75.72°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA

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Best score today · 5 PM · Spotted seatrout

86/100Epic
Now
784 PM EST
Best window
4-7 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding1.0 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Monday, Nov 16 · 3 PM

Time3P
Score70Great
Tide1.9 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood0.9 kn · toward NNE
Wind14 kn NWgusts 24 · steady
Air temp62°Mild
WeatherPartly cloudy22% cloud
Water60°FPersisted

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Spotted seatrout 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 Spotted seatrout is best here

Peak season for Spotted seatrout · 3 more weeks at peak

Spotted seatrout season by week of the year. Peak season for Spotted seatrout · 3 more weeks at peak.
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Spot profile

Weir Point

Depth
2-8 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonSpotted seatrout

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 Weir Point

Weir Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 2-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are striped bass, spotted seatrout and little tunny. It is peak season now for striped bass, spotted seatrout, bluefish and tautog, and shoulder season for little tunny, weakfish, scup and red drum. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Spotted seatrout peak from October through November. Little tunny peak from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Spotted seatrout
Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
Striped bass
Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Sandy Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    85
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 85
    • Spotted seatrout 78
    • Little tunny 77

    4 kt SEH 7:37 PM · 2.5 ftL 2:35 AM · 0.3 ft

  • The Thorofare

    Channel · 1.0 mi

    85
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 85
    • Striped bass 83
    • Weakfish 79

    4 kt SEH 7:37 PM · 2.5 ftL 2:35 AM · 0.3 ft

  • Canoedas Point

    Cape · 1.2 mi

    85
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 85
    • Spotted seatrout 78
    • Little tunny 77

    4 kt SEH 7:12 PM · 2.2 ftL 1:47 AM · 0.5 ft

  • Dix Cove

    Bay · 0.7 mi

    83
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 83
    • Striped bass 82
    • Tautog 78

    4 kt SEH 7:37 PM · 2.5 ftL 2:35 AM · 0.3 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.