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Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 486 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing4.8 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
19Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
74Wind: 10 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
61Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
78Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.
Source: NYSDEC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Chapel Hill South Channel
- Depth
- 20-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Chapel Hill South Channel
Chapel Hill South Channel is a channel in New York Harbor. Depth is 20-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, 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, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, striped bass and bluefish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
- Chapel Hill North Channel71
Channel · 2.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 71
- Spot 69
- Atlantic croaker 59
10 kt ENEL 11:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 6:00 AM · 4.5 ft
- Fourteen Foot Channel70
Bar · 2.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 70
- Spot 68
- Little tunny 60
10 kt ENEL 11:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 6:00 AM · 4.5 ft
- Lower Bay68
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Spot 65
- Little tunny 58
10 kt ENEL 11:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 6:00 AM · 4.5 ft
- Craven Shoal63
Bar · 2.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 63
- Little tunny 59
- Bluefish 56
10 kt ENEL 12:01 AM · 0.7 ftH 5:59 AM · 4.7 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.