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Atlantic bluefin tunaShoulder seasonCape · New Jersey
Cedar Point
39.95°N · 74.19°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM
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Best score today · 8 PM · Atlantic bluefin tuna
- Now
- 526 PM EST
- Best window
- 6-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.0 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
61Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
91Wind: 3 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 61°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Atlantic bluefin tuna
Species seasonality
62Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Atlantic bluefin tuna is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NJFW before you keep a fish.
Source: NJFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Atlantic bluefin tuna is best here
Shoulder season for Atlantic bluefin tuna · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Cedar Point
- Depth
- 2-6 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonAtlantic bluefin tuna
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 Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM, New Jersey. Depth in the nearest water is 2-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 16 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for striped bass, spotted seatrout, bluefish and tautog, and shoulder season for scup, little tunny, spot and weakfish. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Scup peak from June through October. Spotted seatrout peak from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Atlantic bluefin tuna
- Bluefin tuna follow schools of herring, mackerel, sand eels and menhaden over banks, ledges and shoals, mostly in the top 150 feet. Troll spreader bars and daisy chains to find fish, then switch to live bait, chunks or stick baits once a school is located. Heavy tackle and a NOAA HMS permit are required, and size-class limits change through the season.
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Coates Point78
Cape · 4.0 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 78
- Scup 73
- Spotted seatrout 70
5 kt SSWL 11:48 PM · 0.0 ftH 5:28 AM · 0.4 ft
- Crossway Creek78
Bay · 4.3 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 78
- Striped bass 78
- Bluefish 72
3 kt SSWL 12:06 AM · 0.0 ftH 5:54 AM · 0.4 ft
- Flag Point77
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 77
- Scup 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
3 kt SSWL 11:26 PM · 0.4 ftH 4:37 AM · 0.8 ft
- Money Island77
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 77
- Scup 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
3 kt SSWL 11:26 PM · 0.4 ftH 4:37 AM · 0.8 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 NJFW before you keep a fish.