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Best score today · 4 AM · Spot
- Now
- 6612 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
96Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt SWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
99Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Red drum
Species seasonality
88Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Gravesend Bay
- Depth
- 20-25 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 scup, spot and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for scup, spot, Spanish mackerel and little tunny, and shoulder season for weakfish, bluefish, black sea bass and Atlantic croaker. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Hendricks Reef66
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 66
- Little tunny 64
- Spanish mackerel 64
9 kt NEH 5:33 PM · 4.9 ftL 12:06 AM · 0.8 ft
- Vandeventers Point66
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 66
- Scup 62
- Spanish mackerel 59
9 kt NEH 5:34 PM · 4.6 ftL 12:08 AM · 0.7 ft
- The Narrows66
Channel · 3.4 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 66
- Summer flounder 66
- Weakfish 62
9 kt NEH 5:34 PM · 4.6 ftL 12:08 AM · 0.7 ft
- West Bank60
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 60
- Little tunny 59
- Summer flounder 58
9 kt NEH 5:33 PM · 4.9 ftL 12:06 AM · 0.8 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.