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Best score today · 4 AM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 591 PM EDT
- Best window
- 1-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.0 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
69Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
62Wind: 9 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.9 ftSeason & habitat · Summer flounder
Species seasonality
84Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Summer flounder 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 Summer flounder is best here
Peak season for Summer flounder · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Lower Bay
- Depth
- 25-35 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSummer flounder
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 Lower Bay
Lower Bay is a bay in New York Harbor. Depth is 25-35 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 little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, striped bass and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Summer flounder
- Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.
- 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
- Chapel Hill North Channel68
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Spot 66
- Summer flounder 66
9 kt ENEH 5:27 PM · 4.9 ftL 11:42 PM · 0.8 ft
- Chapel Hill South Channel66
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Spot 64
- Sheepshead 63
9 kt ENEH 5:31 PM · 4.9 ftL 11:59 PM · 0.8 ft
- Fourteen Foot Channel65
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Little tunny 62
- Spot 62
9 kt ENEH 5:27 PM · 4.9 ftL 11:42 PM · 0.8 ft
- Craven Shoal62
Bar · 2.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Scup 60
- Bluefish 59
9 kt ENEH 5:26 PM · 5.0 ftL 12:01 AM · 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.