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Best score today · 6 PM · Winter flounder
- Now
- 382 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.8 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
Monday, Nov 9 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
87Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 2 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
49Water temp: 65°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Winter flounder
Species seasonality
42Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Winter flounder 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 Winter flounder is best here
Shoulder season for Winter flounder · 4 more weeks 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 seasonWinter flounder
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 14 species here; the best right now are scup, black sea bass and striped bass. It is peak season now for black sea bass, striped bass, tautog and bluefish, and shoulder season for scup, little tunny, spot and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December.
Tackle & technique
- Winter flounder
- Winter flounder spend late winter and spring on mud and sand bottom in harbors, coves and tidal channels, often in 5 to 30 feet. Anchor, chum with crushed clams or mussels, and fish small long-shank hooks with worm or clam on the bottom, tapping the rig to stir up mud. The bite is light, so use a sensitive rod.
- 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Point of Rocks73
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 73
- Tautog 65
- Black sea bass 63
6 kt ENEL 9:07 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:46 AM · 2.4 ft
- Cornwallis Cove70
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 70
- Bluefish 62
- Spot 62
6 kt ENEH 2:14 PM · 2.8 ftL 9:06 PM · 0.3 ft
- Quarter Point64
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 64
- Striped bass 62
- Bluefish 61
6 kt ENEH 2:14 PM · 2.8 ftL 9:06 PM · 0.3 ft
- Stony Point63
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 63
- Striped bass 62
- Scup 61
6 kt ENEH 2:14 PM · 2.8 ftL 9:06 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.