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SpotShoulder seasonCape · Virginia
Stinking Point
38.13°N · 76.60°W · Cape · Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA
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Best score today · 6 PM · Spot
- Now
- 548 AM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 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
Friday, Nov 6 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
84Wind: 3 kt NWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
81Water temp: 64°F, coolLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
37Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spot 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 Spot is best here
Last week of shoulder season for Spot · the off season next
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Stinking Point
- Depth
- 4-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSpot
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 Stinking Point
Stinking Point is a cape in Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA, Virginia. Depth is 4-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are scup, striped bass and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for striped bass, spotted seatrout, bluefish and tautog, and shoulder season for scup, spot, little tunny and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Spotted seatrout peak from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Sandy Point66
Cape · 5.3 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 66
- Striped bass 64
- Spot 59
2 kt SL 2:04 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:36 PM · 1.2 ft
- Coles Point63
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 63
- Striped bass 62
- Spotted seatrout 59
2 kt SL 1:54 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:47 PM · 1.5 ft
- Ragged Point61
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 61
- Striped bass 61
- Spotted seatrout 57
1 kt SL 1:54 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:47 PM · 1.5 ft
- Thorns Point61
Cape · 15 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 61
- Striped bass 61
- Bluefish 57
1 kt SL 2:16 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:45 PM · 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.