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Spotted seatroutShoulder season

Bar · New York

Glover Reef

40.97°N · 73.66°W · Bar · 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
4410 AM EDT
Best window
6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
High7.3 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 85

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 AM · now

Time10ANOW
Score44Fair
Tide7.3 ftHigh
CurrentSlack0.1 kn
Wind11 kn NEgusts 23 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.9 ft · 3 s
Air temp56°Mild
WeatherOvercast98% cloud
Water71°FObserved

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.

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Source: NYSDEC · synced yesterday

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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Spot profile

Glover Reef

Depth
10-45 ftSlope
Structure
Reef · Inner · Semi-exposedReef · 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 Glover Reef

Glover Reef is a bar in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth is 10-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads reef, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, bluefish and king mackerel. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.

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.
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.
Spot
Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

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  • Transport Rock

    Bar · 0.6 mi

    77
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 77
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 58

    11 kt NEL 4:03 PM · 0.9 ftH 10:07 PM · 7.7 ft

  • Port Chester Harbor

    Bay · 1.1 mi

    75
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 75
    • Spot 75
    • Atlantic croaker 61

    11 kt NEL 4:03 PM · 0.9 ftH 10:07 PM · 7.7 ft

  • Bluefish Shoal

    Bar · 0.5 mi

    68
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 68
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 58

    11 kt NEL 4:03 PM · 0.9 ftH 10:07 PM · 7.7 ft

  • Rocky Point

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    68
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 68
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 61

    11 kt NEL 4:03 PM · 0.9 ftH 10:07 PM · 7.7 ft

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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.