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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Bar Point
37.69°N · 76.48°W · Cape · Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
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Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 442 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-4 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.9 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Thursday, Sep 24 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
78Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 10 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC
82Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Bar Point
- Depth
- 3-30 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Bar Point
Bar Point is a cape in Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point, Virginia. Depth is 3-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, little tunny and red drum. It is peak season now for spot, little tunny, red drum and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, spotted seatrout, striped bass and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Punches Cove64
Bay · 2.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Red drum 60
- Bluefish 58
12 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Dead and Bones Cove64
Bay · 2.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 64
- Spot 64
- Bluefish 57
12 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Yankee Point63
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Little tunny 61
- Red drum 59
12 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Ball Point63
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Little tunny 61
- Red drum 59
12 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 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.