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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 394 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
48Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
58Season: 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
Gloucester Point
- Depth
- 3-70 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · drop-off
- 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 Gloucester Point
Gloucester Point is a cape in York River, Virginia. Depth in the nearest water is 3-70 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for scup, spot, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, king mackerel and striped bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Red drum peak in May and 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cornwallis Cove73
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 73
- Scup 68
- Atlantic croaker 63
5 kt ENEL 10:08 PM · 0.9 ftH 3:33 AM · 2.1 ft
- Point of Rocks69
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 69
- Spot 67
- Red drum 62
5 kt ENEL 10:13 PM · 0.9 ftH 3:43 AM · 2.0 ft
- Stony Point67
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Red drum 64
- Little tunny 61
5 kt ENEL 10:08 PM · 0.9 ftH 3:33 AM · 2.1 ft
- Quarter Point67
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Red drum 62
- Scup 60
5 kt ENEL 10:08 PM · 0.9 ftH 3:33 AM · 2.1 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.