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Best score today · 6 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 595 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding4.1 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, Oct 4 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
81Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
97Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
77Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Gowanus Bay
- Depth
- 15-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonStriped bass
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 Gowanus Bay
Gowanus Bay is a bay in New York Harbor. Depth is 15-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
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 little tunny, and shoulder season for weakfish, bluefish, Atlantic croaker and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- 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
- Red Hook Channel75
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 75
- Scup 72
- Red drum 67
8 kt NEH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ftL 12:28 PM · 1.0 ft
- Bay Ridge Channel75
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 75
- Scup 72
- Red drum 67
8 kt NEH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ftL 12:28 PM · 1.0 ft
- Buttermilk Channel71
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 71
- Spot 70
- Sheepshead 68
8 kt NEH 6:38 AM · 4.5 ftL 12:40 PM · 1.0 ft
- Gowanus Flats70
Bar · 0.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Spot 69
- Scup 67
8 kt NEH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ftL 12:28 PM · 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.