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Spotted seatroutShoulder season

Cape · New York

Seguine Point

40.51°N · 74.20°W · Cape · New York Harbor

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Best score today · 3 AM · Spotted seatrout

63/100Good
Now
309 AM EDT
Best window
9-11 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing3.0 ft ▼

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 9 AM · now

Time9ANOW
Score30Fair
Tide3.0 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.3 kn · toward E
Wind11 kn NEgusts 25 · steady
Sea stateRough4.9 ft · 7 s
Air temp58°Mild
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water69°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

Spotted seatrout season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Spotted seatrout · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Spotted seatrout in New York

Spot profile

Seguine Point

Depth
10-45 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
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 Seguine Point

Seguine Point is a cape in New York Harbor. Depth in the nearest water is 10-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, striped bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, sheepshead, summer flounder and scup, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and tautog. Little tunny peak from September through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.

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.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Seguine Point Bend

    Bend · 0.2 mi

    60
    Top: SheepsheadPeak season
    • Sheepshead 60
    • Black sea bass 58
    • Summer flounder 58

    11 kt NEL 12:15 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:19 PM · 5.4 ft

  • Round Shoal

    Bar · 0.7 mi

    60
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 60
    • Bluefish 56
    • Summer flounder 55

    11 kt NEL 12:15 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:19 PM · 5.4 ft

  • Raritan Bay West Reach

    Channel · 1.2 mi

    60
    Top: SheepsheadPeak season
    • Sheepshead 60
    • Black sea bass 58
    • Summer flounder 58

    11 kt NEL 12:15 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:19 PM · 5.4 ft

  • Red Bank Reach

    Channel · 1.5 mi

    59
    Top: SheepsheadPeak season
    • Sheepshead 59
    • Black sea bass 57
    • Summer flounder 57

    11 kt NEL 12:15 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:19 PM · 5.4 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.