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Best score today · 7 AM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 584 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-8 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding3.6 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
82Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.2 ftSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spotted seatrout 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 Spotted seatrout is best here
Shoulder season for Spotted seatrout · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Gravesend Bay
- Depth
- 20-25 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSpotted seatrout
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 Gravesend Bay
Gravesend Bay is a bay in New York Harbor. Depth is 20-25 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for bluefish, weakfish, striped bass and Atlantic croaker. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- 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
- Hendricks Reef74
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Red drum 71
- Little tunny 69
10 kt NEH 6:06 AM · 4.5 ftL 12:16 PM · 1.0 ft
- Vandeventers Point73
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 73
- Little tunny 71
- Spot 67
10 kt NEH 6:09 AM · 4.3 ftL 12:21 PM · 0.8 ft
- The Narrows73
Channel · 3.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 73
- Sheepshead 70
- Spot 69
8 kt NEH 6:09 AM · 4.3 ftL 12:21 PM · 0.8 ft
- West Bank70
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Bluefish 68
- Spot 67
10 kt NEH 6:06 AM · 4.5 ftL 12:16 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.