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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 575 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.9 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
79Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
54Wind: 14 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.0 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 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
Fair Haven Reach
- Depth
- 6-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Fair Haven Reach
Fair Haven Reach is a channel in New York Harbor. Depth is 6-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and summer flounder, and shoulder season for weakfish, black sea bass, Atlantic croaker and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
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
- Haven Reach67
Channel · 2.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 67
- Red drum 66
- Scup 66
7 kt NEH 6:26 AM · 3.0 ftL 1:07 PM · 0.8 ft
- Blossom Cove62
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Spot 62
- Little tunny 57
14 kt ENEH 6:16 AM · 3.2 ftL 1:11 PM · 0.8 ft
- Jones Point60
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Spot 57
- Bluefish 56
14 kt ENEH 6:16 AM · 3.2 ftL 1:11 PM · 0.8 ft
- Horseneck Point53
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 53
- Striped bass 53
- Black sea bass 46
14 kt ENEH 7:31 AM · 2.3 ftL 2:03 PM · 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.