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Best score today · 7 AM · Scup
- Now
- 5012 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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, Sep 28 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 75°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Stony Point
- Depth
- 2-25 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 Stony Point
Stony Point is a cape in York River, Virginia. Depth is 2-25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, Spanish mackerel and red drum. It is peak season now for little tunny, Spanish mackerel, red drum and spot, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, spotted seatrout and Atlantic croaker. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Powhatan Point69
Cape · 2.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Spanish mackerel 66
- Spot 66
6 kt EL 1:15 PM · 0.7 ftH 7:46 PM · 2.8 ft
- Cornwallis Cove66
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 66
- Spanish mackerel 63
- Red drum 62
6 kt EH 7:07 PM · 2.6 ftL 1:24 AM · 0.5 ft
- Gloucester Point65
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Spanish mackerel 62
- Spot 61
6 kt EH 7:07 PM · 2.6 ftL 1:24 AM · 0.5 ft
- Point of Rocks65
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Spanish mackerel 62
- Spot 62
6 kt EH 7:07 PM · 2.5 ftL 1:25 AM · 0.6 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.