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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Long Point
38.01°N · 75.38°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM
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Best score today · 11 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 301 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1 AM-12 PMDawn
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
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Conditions · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
49Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
34Wind: 15 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 6.1 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
58Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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
Long Point
- Depth
- 4-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Long Point
Long Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM, Virginia. Depth is 4-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are yellowfin tuna, bluefish and striped bass. It is peak season now for yellowfin tuna, mahi-mahi, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and king mackerel. Yellowfin tuna peak from July through September. 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.
- Yellowfin tuna
- Yellowfin feed in blue water along canyon edges, the shelf break, current edges, deepwater platforms and FADs, usually from the surface to about 300 feet. Troll ballyhoo, spreader bars and cedar plugs early in the day, then chunk butterfish or sardines, fish live hardtails, or drop jigs to marks. Around Gulf platforms and in the canyons the night bite on chunks and jigs is often better than the day.
- 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
- Little Harmon Cove49
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 49
- Striped bass 46
- Yellowfin tuna 46
15 kt NEL 2:43 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:50 AM · 1.1 ft
- Harmon Cove49
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 49
- Striped bass 46
- Yellowfin tuna 46
15 kt NEL 2:43 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:50 AM · 1.1 ft
- Vineyard Shoal47
Bar · 3.7 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 47
- Yellowfin tuna 46
- Striped bass 43
15 kt NEL 2:15 AM · 0.5 ftH 7:27 AM · 0.9 ft
- Guys Point46
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Yellowfin tunaPeak season- Yellowfin tuna 46
- Bluefish 45
- Striped bass 44
15 kt NEL 2:43 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:56 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.