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Best score today · 3 PM · Scup
- Now
- 4911 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-6 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Monday, Nov 16 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
44Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
76Wind: 5 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC
61Water temp: 63°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
46Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Shoulder season for Scup · 2 more weeks 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 seasonScup
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, little tunny and bluefish. It is peak season now for striped bass, bluefish, spotted seatrout and tautog, and shoulder season for little tunny, weakfish, red drum and scup. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Gum Point57
Cape · 4.6 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 57
- Tautog 54
- Bluefish 53
2 kt SEH 5:07 PM · 2.7 ftL 11:25 PM · 0.3 ft
- Blundering Point56
Cape · 6.0 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 56
- Tautog 54
- Black sea bass 52
2 kt SEH 5:07 PM · 2.7 ftL 11:25 PM · 0.3 ft
- Green Point56
Cape · 7.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 56
- Tautog 54
- Black sea bass 52
2 kt SEH 5:07 PM · 2.7 ftL 11:25 PM · 0.3 ft
- Penniman Spit56
Bar · 7.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 56
- Bluefish 54
- Tautog 54
2 kt SEH 5:07 PM · 2.7 ftL 11:25 PM · 0.3 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.