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Best score today · 9 AM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 607 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.9 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
55Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 3 kt NWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
54Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
85Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Sheepshead 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 Sheepshead is best here
Peak season for Sheepshead · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Point of Rocks
- Depth
- 4-50 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonSheepshead
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 Point of Rocks
Point of Rocks is a cape in York River, Virginia. Depth is 4-50 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads ledge, 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 Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, king mackerel and tautog. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- 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 Cove76
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 76
- Scup 69
- Atlantic croaker 64
3 kt NWL 11:47 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:16 PM · 2.5 ft
- Stony Point72
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 72
- Little tunny 64
- Scup 63
3 kt NWL 11:47 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:16 PM · 2.5 ft
- Gloucester Point70
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 69
- Little tunny 63
3 kt NWL 11:47 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:16 PM · 2.5 ft
- Quarter Point70
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Little tunny 63
- Scup 61
3 kt NWL 11:47 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:16 PM · 2.5 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.