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Best score today · 7 AM · Atlantic croaker
- Now
- 301 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-9 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
73Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 5 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
100Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Atlantic croaker
Species seasonality
57Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Atlantic croaker 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 Atlantic croaker is best here
Shoulder season for Atlantic croaker · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Haven Reach
- Depth
- 6-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonAtlantic croaker
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 Haven Reach
Haven Reach is a channel in New York Harbor. Depth is 6-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, sheepshead, summer flounder and little tunny, and shoulder season for striped bass, black sea bass, bluefish and king mackerel. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- 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.
- 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
- Barley Point55
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 55
- Striped bass 54
- Bluefish 52
10 kt NEH 7:17 AM · 3.2 ftL 1:54 PM · 0.6 ft
- Barley Point Reach53
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: Striped bassShoulder season- Striped bass 53
- Scup 50
- Sheepshead 49
10 kt NEH 7:17 AM · 3.2 ftL 1:54 PM · 0.6 ft
- Upper Rocky Point53
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 53
- Striped bass 53
- Bluefish 51
10 kt NEH 6:21 AM · 4.0 ftL 12:23 PM · 0.9 ft
- Oyster Bay45
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 45
- Little tunny 42
- Striped bass 42
18 kt NEH 7:19 AM · 3.0 ftL 1:16 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.