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Best score today · 7 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 432 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.8 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
52Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 8 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
36Water temp: 80°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cornwallis Cove
- Depth
- 3-80 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonStriped bass
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 Cornwallis Cove
Cornwallis Cove is a bay in York River, Virginia. Depth is 3-80 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and red drum. It is peak season now for spot, scup, red drum and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, weakfish and king mackerel. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Gloucester Point63
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 60
- Red drum 58
8 kt EH 6:42 AM · 2.3 ftL 12:40 PM · 0.7 ft
- Quarter Point63
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Red drum 58
- Little tunny 56
8 kt EH 6:42 AM · 2.3 ftL 12:40 PM · 0.7 ft
- Stony Point63
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Red drum 59
- Little tunny 56
8 kt EH 6:42 AM · 2.3 ftL 12:40 PM · 0.7 ft
- Point of Rocks62
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Scup 61
- Red drum 58
8 kt EH 6:48 AM · 2.2 ftL 12:42 PM · 0.7 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.