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Spotted seatroutShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Drewry Point
37.16°N · 76.71°W · Cape · James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge
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Best score today · 11 AM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 5212 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.8 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
64Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
43Wind: 11 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: VMRC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Spotted seatrout is best here
Shoulder season for Spotted seatrout · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Drewry Point
- Depth
- 1-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Drewry Point
Drewry Point is a cape in James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge, Virginia. Depth is 1-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for little tunny, spot, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, spotted seatrout and striped bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August through October. Red drum peak in May and 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Goose Hill Channel69
Channel · 2.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Red drum 63
- Sheepshead 62
11 kt NNEL 4:34 PM · 0.6 ftH 10:24 PM · 2.3 ft
- Cobham Bay68
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 68
- Spanish mackerel 63
- Red drum 62
11 kt NNEL 4:34 PM · 0.6 ftH 10:24 PM · 2.3 ft
- Walnut Point66
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 66
- Spot 65
- Spanish mackerel 60
11 kt NNEL 3:09 PM · 0.6 ftH 9:15 PM · 2.5 ft
- Lower Point65
Cape · 2.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Spot 64
- Spanish mackerel 59
11 kt NNEL 4:34 PM · 0.6 ftH 10:24 PM · 2.3 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.
