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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 3810 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low0.8 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
Sunday, Sep 27 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.1 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
73Water temp: 77°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 little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for black sea bass, king mackerel, Atlantic croaker and tautog. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. 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.
- 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 Cove61
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 61
- Summer flounder 58
- Scup 57
8 kt NEH 4:10 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:05 PM · 0.8 ft
- Point of Rocks58
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 58
- Sheepshead 56
- Spot 56
8 kt NEH 4:09 PM · 2.4 ftL 11:07 PM · 0.9 ft
- Stony Point56
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 56
- Little tunny 55
- Spanish mackerel 54
8 kt NEH 4:10 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:05 PM · 0.8 ft
- Quarter Point56
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 56
- Little tunny 54
- Spanish mackerel 53
8 kt NEH 4:10 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:05 PM · 0.8 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.