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WeakfishShoulder seasonBay · Virginia
Jack Cove
37.65°N · 76.42°W · Bay · Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
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Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4010 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.5 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
Tuesday, Sep 29 · 4 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
80Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 4 kt WNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
87Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
73Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Jack Cove
- Depth
- Under 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Jack Cove
Jack Cove is a bay in Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point, Virginia. Depth is under 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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, red drum and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, spotted seatrout and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
- Sams Cove67
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Scup 60
- Atlantic croaker 56
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Bridge Cove67
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Scup 60
- Atlantic croaker 56
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Galley Hook Point63
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 56
- Atlantic croaker 51
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Rowes Point62
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Scup 55
- Red drum 53
13 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.