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Delaware Bay (Maryland) — a spot well known among anglers. About 1785.6 km² in area. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches.
The wind builds its wave along the north-west — south-east axis — 50 mi of open water; along north-east — south-west there is only 29 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
Maryland: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Striped bass | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Black drum | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Bluefish | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Flounder | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Red drum | fair | fair | active | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
| Sheepshead | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak |
| Cobia | slow | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Spanish mackerel | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Spotted seatrout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Delaware Bay — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 00:00–04:00 and 22:00–23:00.
The computed water temperature is around 59 °F — colder than the 61–79 °F comfort range for Black drum: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Black drum feeds at night: the peak falls in the dark hours, between sunset and sunrise.
Pressure is dropping 0.06 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Black drum here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1.8 ft | -1.2 ft | -0.6 ft | 0.2 ft | 1.0 ft | 1.4 ft | 1.3 ft | 0.9 ft | 0.2 ft | -0.7 ft | -1.5 ft | -1.9 ft | -1.6 ft | -1.0 ft | -0.3 ft | 0.6 ft | 1.4 ft | 2.0 ft | 2.2 ft | 1.7 ft | 0.9 ft | -0.1 ft | -1.0 ft | -1.8 ft |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 2.1 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 2.1 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Clear · feels like +52°
The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA forecast. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Delaware Bay — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 00:00–04:00 and 22:00–23:00.