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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 588 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.1 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
98Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
97Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
88Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Thorofare
- Depth
- 5-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Thorofare
Thorofare is a channel in York River, Virginia. Depth is 5-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, 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 sheepshead, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, weakfish and spotted seatrout. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August. Scup peak from June through October.
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.
- 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
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- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 67
7 kt ESEL 12:38 PM · 0.7 ftH 7:01 PM · 2.5 ft
- Green Point73
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Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 73
- Little tunny 68
- Spanish mackerel 65
7 kt ESEL 12:38 PM · 0.7 ftH 7:01 PM · 2.5 ft
- Tue Point73
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 73
- Little tunny 68
- Spanish mackerel 65
7 kt ESEL 12:38 PM · 0.7 ftH 7:01 PM · 2.5 ft
- York Point73
Cape · 2.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 73
- Little tunny 68
- Spanish mackerel 65
7 kt ESEL 12:38 PM · 0.7 ftH 7:01 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.