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Best score today · 4 PM · Spot
- Now
- 566 AM EST
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.9 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Nov 15 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
96Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
43Wind: 12 kt NPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC
97Water temp: 64°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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
Ferry Point
- Depth
- 2-9 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 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 14 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and bluefish. It is peak season now for striped bass, bluefish, spotted seatrout and tautog, and shoulder season for scup, little tunny, spot and weakfish. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Scup peak from June through October. Bluefish peak in May and 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Gum Point75
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- Bluefish 69
- Spotted seatrout 68
1 kt SSEL 10:46 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:07 PM · 2.7 ft
- Blundering Point74
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Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Bluefish 68
- Spotted seatrout 67
1 kt SSEL 10:46 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:07 PM · 2.7 ft
- Green Point74
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Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Bluefish 68
- Spotted seatrout 67
1 kt SSEL 10:46 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:07 PM · 2.7 ft
- Penniman Spit74
Bar · 7.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Bluefish 70
- Spotted seatrout 67
1 kt SSEL 10:46 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:07 PM · 2.7 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.