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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 693 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-9 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding2.8 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
Sunday, Sep 27 · 1 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
25Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 10 kt NPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
83Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
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 yesterday
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
Coney Island Channel
- Depth
- About 20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · flat bottom
- 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 Coney Island Channel
Coney Island Channel is a channel in New York Harbor. Depth is about 20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and red drum. It is peak season now for spot, scup, red drum and summer flounder, and shoulder season for weakfish, striped bass, black sea bass and Atlantic croaker. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Rockaway Inlet69
Channel · 2.9 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 69
- Little tunny 69
- Striped bass 69
9 kt NEH 6:03 AM · 4.8 ftL 12:05 PM · 1.0 ft
- Breezy Point68
Cape · 2.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 68
- Striped bass 67
- Bluefish 64
9 kt NEH 6:03 AM · 4.8 ftL 12:05 PM · 1.0 ft
- Fourteen Foot Channel67
Bar · 3.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Scup 65
- Bluefish 64
9 kt NEH 6:00 AM · 4.5 ftL 11:52 AM · 1.0 ft
- East Bank64
Bar · 1.7 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 64
- Little tunny 62
- Scup 60
9 kt NEH 6:00 AM · 4.5 ftL 11:52 AM · 1.0 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.