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CobiaShoulder seasonBend · Virginia
Lambert Bend
36.87°N · 76.33°W · Bend · James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River
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Best score today · 11 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 338 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.7 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 · 8 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
14Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
60Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Lambert Bend
- Depth
- 20-50 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · drop-off
- 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 Lambert Bend
Lambert Bend is a bend in James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River, Virginia. Depth is 20-50 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, summer flounder and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, king mackerel and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Craney Island Reach69
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Scup 63
- Atlantic croaker 59
12 kt NEL 1:30 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:58 PM · 3.0 ft
- Port Norfolk Reach68
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 68
- Scup 63
- Atlantic croaker 58
12 kt NEL 1:46 PM · 0.6 ftH 8:03 PM · 3.3 ft
- Lamberts Point65
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Spot 62
- Little tunny 53
12 kt NEL 1:30 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:58 PM · 3.0 ft
- Hatton Point63
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 56
- Little tunny 52
12 kt NEL 1:30 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:58 PM · 3.0 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.