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Best score today · 5 PM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 505 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.0 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 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 9 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
81Water temp: 74°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
61Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Sandy Point
- Depth
- 2-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- 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 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, Atlantic croaker and scup. It is peak season now for spot, scup, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, spotted seatrout and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August. Scup peak from June 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.
- 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.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Thorofare78
Channel · 3.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 78
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Red drum 66
4 kt WSWH 5:59 AM · 2.0 ftL 11:55 AM · 0.8 ft
- Monday Creek76
Gut · 1.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 76
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Scup 63
4 kt WSWL 11:37 AM · 1.5 ftH 5:58 PM · 2.6 ft
- Tue Point72
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 72
- Atlantic croaker 61
- Scup 60
4 kt WSWH 5:44 AM · 2.0 ftL 11:43 AM · 0.8 ft
- Bush Point70
Cape · 3.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Atlantic croaker 59
- Scup 58
4 kt WSWL 11:37 AM · 1.5 ftH 5:58 PM · 2.6 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.