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Best score today · 9 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 601 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.4 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 · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
78Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
81Wind: 7 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable 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
Gowanus Bay
- Depth
- 15-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 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 scup, spot and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, spot, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, weakfish and black sea bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August 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.
- 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
- Bay Ridge Channel73
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 73
- Spot 73
- Sheepshead 71
7 kt NEH 4:54 PM · 4.8 ftL 11:36 PM · 1.0 ft
- Red Hook Channel72
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 72
- Scup 71
- Sheepshead 69
7 kt NEH 4:54 PM · 4.8 ftL 11:36 PM · 1.0 ft
- Buttermilk Channel72
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Summer flounder 71
- Red drum 70
7 kt NEH 5:12 PM · 4.7 ftL 11:48 PM · 1.1 ft
- Gowanus Flats70
Bar · 0.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Little tunny 68
- Scup 68
7 kt NEH 4:54 PM · 4.8 ftL 11:36 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.