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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · Virginia
Wolf Trap
37.40°N · 76.19°W · Bar · Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA
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Best score today · 4 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3312 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.8 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, Oct 5 · 8 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
84Wind: 1 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
29Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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
Wolf Trap
- Depth
- 20-25 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · slope
- 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 Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap is a bar in Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Virginia. Depth is 20-25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are bluefish, spot and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for spot, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, Atlantic croaker and striped bass. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Spot peak from August through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Winter Harbor63
Bay · 3.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Red drum 59
- Sheepshead 58
12 kt NEL 1:48 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:21 AM · 1.7 ft
- Sage Point59
Cape · 6.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 59
- Little tunny 57
- Bluefish 56
12 kt NEL 3:20 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:59 AM · 1.3 ft
- Horn Harbor49
Bay · 5.3 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 49
- Bluefish 48
- Striped bass 44
16 kt NEL 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:06 AM · 2.5 ft
- Mill Point48
Cape · 5.3 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 48
- Striped bass 45
- Black sea bass 43
16 kt NEL 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:06 AM · 2.5 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.