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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Fisher Point
37.55°N · 75.87°W · Cape · Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 332 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-8 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
88Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
63Wind: 7 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
36Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Fisher Point
- Depth
- 4-6 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Fisher Point
Fisher Point is a cape in Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Virginia. Depth in the nearest water is 4-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and striped bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, spot, red drum and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and weakfish. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December.
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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Young Point59
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 59
- Bluefish 55
- Spot 53
17 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:50 AM · 1.6 ft
- Shields Cove58
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 58
- Bluefish 55
- Little tunny 55
17 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:50 AM · 1.6 ft
- Gaskins Point51
Cape · 2.8 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 51
- Striped bass 50
- Black sea bass 43
20 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:50 AM · 1.6 ft
- Scarborough Gut48
Gut · 2.4 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 48
- Striped bass 48
- Bluefish 46
20 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:50 AM · 1.6 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.