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Spotted seatroutShoulder season

Cape · New York

Brickyard Point

40.89°N · 73.53°W · Cape · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY

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Best score today · 7 PM · Spotted seatrout

79/100Great
Now
334 PM EDT
Best window
6-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Low1.0 ft

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24-hour conditions

Thursday, Sep 24 · 7 AM

Time7A
Score62Good
Tide3.1 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood0.5 kn · toward NNW
Wind8 kn NEgusts 19 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.6 ft · 3 s
Air temp54°Cool
WeatherPartly cloudy43% cloud
Water66°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Spotted seatrout is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Spotted seatrout is best here

Shoulder season for Spotted seatrout · 1 more week at shoulder

Spotted seatrout season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Spotted seatrout · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Spotted seatrout in New York

Spot profile

Brickyard Point

Depth
7-20 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonSpotted seatrout

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 Brickyard Point

Brickyard Point is a cape in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 7-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and striped bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, spot and sheepshead, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and tautog. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December.

Tackle & technique

Spotted seatrout
Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
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

  • Oyster Bay Harbor

    Bay · 0.5 mi

    58
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 58
    • Spot 57
    • Sheepshead 56

    10 kt NEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.7 ft

  • West Harbor

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    58
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 58
    • Spot 56
    • Little tunny 55

    10 kt NEH 10:15 PM · 7.5 ftL 4:35 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Weeks Point

    Cape · 1.5 mi

    57
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 57
    • Scup 51
    • Striped bass 50

    10 kt NEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.7 ft

  • The Cove

    Bay · 1.6 mi

    56
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 56
    • Little tunny 53
    • Spot 53

    10 kt NEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.7 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 NYSDEC before you keep a fish.