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Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 442 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.8 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Friday, Sep 25 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
81Wind: 10 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC
49Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Ferry Point
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Ferry Point
Ferry Point is a cape in York River, Virginia. Depth is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, Spanish mackerel and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, king mackerel, black sea bass and bluefish. Spot peak from August through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September. Little tunny peak from September through October.
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.
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Penniman Spit65
Bar · 7.4 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 65
- Spot 62
- Little tunny 60
7 kt NEH 6:57 PM · 2.8 ftL 1:15 AM · 0.7 ft
- Gum Point62
Cape · 4.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Little tunny 61
- Spanish mackerel 60
7 kt NEH 6:57 PM · 2.8 ftL 1:15 AM · 0.7 ft
- Blundering Point62
Cape · 6.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Little tunny 60
- Spanish mackerel 60
7 kt NEH 6:57 PM · 2.8 ftL 1:15 AM · 0.7 ft
- Green Point62
Cape · 7.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Little tunny 60
- Spanish mackerel 60
7 kt NEH 6:57 PM · 2.8 ftL 1:15 AM · 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.