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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Cherry Point
37.63°N · 76.40°W · Cape · Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
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Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3712 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-12 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.2 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
Sunday, Sep 27 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
77Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
75Wind: 11 kt WNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
37Season: 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
Cherry Point
- Depth
- 1-70 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Cherry Point
Cherry Point is a cape in Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point, Virginia. Depth is 1-70 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, black sea bass and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, little tunny, red drum and sheepshead, and shoulder season for black sea bass, bluefish, king mackerel and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. Little tunny peak 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Jack Cove60
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Red drum 59
- Bluefish 54
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Sams Cove60
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Red drum 59
- Bluefish 54
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Rowes Point59
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 59
- Spot 55
- Bluefish 54
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Greys Point58
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 58
- Bluefish 56
- Little tunny 56
12 kt NEL 3:58 AM · 0.6 ftH 9:51 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.