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Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4110 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-9 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
Tuesday, Sep 29 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 5 kt WNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
84Water temp: 74°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
60Season: 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
Sandy Point
- Depth
- 2-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- 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 Sandy Point
Sandy Point is a cape in York River, Virginia. Depth is 2-5 ft, with a flat bottom. 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 cobia. 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
- Monday Creek65
Gut · 1.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Red drum 61
- Summer flounder 60
8 kt NEH 3:50 PM · 2.6 ftL 10:51 PM · 1.7 ft
- Thorofare64
Channel · 3.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Red drum 59
- Summer flounder 59
8 kt NEH 4:19 PM · 2.4 ftL 11:09 PM · 0.9 ft
- Tue Point59
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 59
- Little tunny 57
- Spanish mackerel 55
8 kt NEH 4:04 PM · 2.4 ftL 10:57 PM · 0.9 ft
- Bush Point58
Cape · 3.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 58
- Little tunny 55
- Spanish mackerel 54
8 kt NEH 3:50 PM · 2.6 ftL 10:51 PM · 1.7 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.