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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 465 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.9 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
86Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 9 kt SWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
29Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia 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 Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 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 seasonCobia
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, red drum and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, red drum, little tunny and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Red drum peak in May and from September through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- 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.
- Red drum
- Redfish feed on shallow grass flats, oyster bars and marsh edges, often in 1 to 4 feet of water, and drop into channels, deep holes and tidal creeks when the water turns very hot or cold. Work a live shrimp under a popping cork or a soft plastic along the grass line on a rising tide, then fish creek mouths and drains as the tide falls. Bull reds over 30 inches school in the surf, passes and jetties in late summer and fall, where cut mullet or a live crab on the bottom is the standard approach.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Thorofare75
Channel · 3.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 75
- Red drum 68
- Atlantic croaker 65
7 kt ESEH 6:56 AM · 2.2 ftL 12:50 PM · 0.7 ft
- Monday Creek73
Gut · 1.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 73
- Red drum 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
7 kt ESEH 6:27 AM · 2.4 ftL 12:32 PM · 1.4 ft
- Tue Point68
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 68
- Little tunny 62
- Red drum 62
7 kt ESEH 6:41 AM · 2.2 ftL 12:38 PM · 0.7 ft
- Bush Point67
Cape · 3.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Red drum 57
- Atlantic croaker 55
7 kt ESEH 6:27 AM · 2.4 ftL 12:32 PM · 1.4 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.