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Best score today · 9 AM · Bluefish
- Now
- 563 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.6 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
92Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.1 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt EPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
94Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Bluefish
Species seasonality
77Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Bluefish 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 Bluefish is best here
Shoulder season for Bluefish · 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 seasonBluefish
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
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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 Cove74
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 74
- Scup 69
- Spanish mackerel 66
8 kt ENEH 6:16 PM · 2.5 ftL 12:41 AM · 0.7 ft
- Point of Rocks70
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 70
- Spot 69
- Sheepshead 67
8 kt ENEH 6:15 PM · 2.4 ftL 12:44 AM · 0.7 ft
- Stony Point69
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Little tunny 66
- Spanish mackerel 64
8 kt ENEH 6:16 PM · 2.5 ftL 12:41 AM · 0.7 ft
- Quarter Point69
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Little tunny 66
- Spanish mackerel 64
8 kt ENEH 6:16 PM · 2.5 ftL 12:41 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.