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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · Virginia
Hummock Cove
37.62°N · 75.66°W · Bay · Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 426 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.9 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 + Open-Meteo Marine
52Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
38Wind: 16 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
65Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
57Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
Hummock Cove
- Depth
- Under 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Hummock Cove
Hummock Cove is a bay in Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM, Virginia. Depth is under 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for scup, spot, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, weakfish and king mackerel. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Red drum peak in May and from September 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Custis Channel66
Channel · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Spot 65
- Red drum 56
16 kt NEH 6:26 AM · 4.0 ftL 12:29 PM · 0.8 ft
- Wachapreague Channel66
Channel · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Spot 65
- Red drum 56
16 kt NEH 6:26 AM · 4.0 ftL 12:29 PM · 0.8 ft
- Upper Haul Over66
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Spot 65
- Red drum 56
16 kt NEH 6:26 AM · 4.0 ftL 12:29 PM · 0.8 ft
- Hummock Channel45
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Yellowfin tunaPeak season- Yellowfin tuna 45
- Black sea bass 41
- Mahi-mahi 41
16 kt NEH 6:26 AM · 4.0 ftL 12:29 PM · 0.8 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.