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Towles Point Bar
37.64°N · 76.51°W · Bar · Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
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Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 439 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Oct 4 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 6 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC
62Water temp: 79°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
65Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In 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
Towles Point Bar
- Depth
- 1-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · slope
- 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 Towles Point Bar
Towles Point Bar is a bar in Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point, Virginia. Depth is 1-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for spot, scup, Spanish mackerel and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, spotted seatrout and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.
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
- Sheltons Point65
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 55
- Atlantic croaker 53
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Ball Point65
Cape · 3.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 55
- Atlantic croaker 53
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Orchard Point65
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 55
- Atlantic croaker 53
13 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Bailey Point65
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 55
- Atlantic croaker 53
13 kt NEH 9:48 PM · 1.6 ftL 4:25 AM · 0.6 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.