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Cape · Virginia

Green Point

37.21°N · 76.41°W · Cape · York River

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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish

73/100Great
Now
491 PM EDT
Best window
2-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding0.9 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 1 PM · now

Time1PNOW
Score49Good
Tide0.9 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentSlack0.1 kn
Wind7 kn NEgusts 17 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 3 s
Air temp81°Warm
WeatherOvercast87% cloud
Water81°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

Weakfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Weakfish in Virginia

Spot profile

Green Point

Depth
2-15 ftSlope
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
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 Green Point

Green Point is a cape in York River, Virginia. Depth is 2-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for spot, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, bluefish and king mackerel. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.

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.
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.
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

  • Cabin Creek

    Gut · 1.9 mi

    70
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 70
    • Red drum 69
    • Summer flounder 64

    7 kt NEH 6:12 PM · 2.4 ftL 12:38 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Thorofare

    Channel · 0.4 mi

    69
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 69
    • Red drum 65
    • Summer flounder 64

    7 kt NEH 6:27 PM · 2.4 ftL 12:50 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Tue Point

    Cape · 1.8 mi

    65
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 65
    • Little tunny 62
    • Spanish mackerel 62

    7 kt NEH 6:12 PM · 2.4 ftL 12:38 AM · 0.7 ft

  • York Point

    Cape · 2.5 mi

    65
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 65
    • Little tunny 62
    • Spanish mackerel 62

    7 kt NEH 6:12 PM · 2.4 ftL 12:38 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.