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Striped bassShoulder seasonCape · New Jersey
Collins Point
39.56°N · 74.49°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM
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Best score today · 6 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 352 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low0.8 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
10Tide: Low slackWind & pressure
ECMWF
13Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 17 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC
77Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
75Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Collins Point
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonStriped bass
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 Collins Point
Collins Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM, New Jersey. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic croaker and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, red drum, scup and sheepshead, and shoulder season for Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic croaker, bluefish and mahi-mahi. Atlantic bluefin tuna peak from June through July and in December. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Collins Cove35
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- Atlantic croaker 35
- Black sea bass 35
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- Swimming Over Point34
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- Atlantic bluefin tuna 33
- Atlantic croaker 30
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- Akimbo Point33
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- Yellowfin tuna 33
- Atlantic croaker 30
17 kt ENEH 7:46 PM · 3.2 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.4 ft
- Goose Cove33
Bay · 3.9 mi
Top: Atlantic bluefin tunaShoulder season- Atlantic bluefin tuna 33
- Yellowfin tuna 33
- Atlantic croaker 30
17 kt ENEH 7:03 PM · 3.5 ftL 1:54 AM · 0.3 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.