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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · Virginia
Towles Point Bar
37.64°N · 76.51°W · Bar · Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
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Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 432 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-12 PMFlood 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
76Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
56Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC
52Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & 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
Towles Point Bar
- Depth
- 1-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · 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 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, bluefish and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for spot, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for bluefish, spotted seatrout, Atlantic croaker and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.
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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bailey Point64
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Little tunny 60
- Red drum 58
12 kt NEL 4:25 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:13 AM · 1.5 ft
- Sheltons Point63
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Little tunny 59
- Red drum 57
12 kt NEL 4:21 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:00 AM · 1.4 ft
- Ball Point63
Cape · 3.0 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
- Orchard Point63
Cape · 3.1 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.