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Best score today · 9 AM
Great Lakes water: no saltwater species, so this is scored on the generic stillwater factors (wind, pressure change, light, solunar).
- Now
- 658 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8-10 AM
Data from: 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 · 8 AM · now
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
31Pressure: 0.47 mb/hrWind: 9 mph windWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Cloud: 98% cloudSolunar: 66 min to majorLight: edge-of-day start- —
Season & habitat
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.
Source: NYSDEC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view
Seasonality
No saltwater species are scored at this spot, so there is no season calendar to show.
Spot profile
Bird Island Reef
- Depth
- 4-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Reef · Outer · Semi-exposedReef · slope
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 93 m grid. Depths are feet below Great Lakes low water datum, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Bird Island Reef
Bird Island Reef is a bar in Dunkirk to Buffalo NY, New York. Depth is 4-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads reef, outer water and semi-exposed.
Great Lakes water: no saltwater species, so this is scored on the generic stillwater factors (wind, pressure change, light, solunar).
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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 NYSDEC before you keep a fish.