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WeakfishShoulder season

Bend · New York

Seguine Point Bend

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

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Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish

79/100Great
Now
657 AM EDT
Best window
2-8 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.0 ft ▼

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

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score65Great
Tide2.0 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.3 kn · toward E
Wind7 kn NEgusts 16 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.7 ft · 4 s
Air temp63°Mild
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water74°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Weakfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

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

Spot profile

Seguine Point Bend

Depth
15-50 ftSlope
Structure
Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonWeakfish

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 Bend

Seguine Point Bend is a bend in New York Harbor. Depth is 15-50 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, sheepshead and summer flounder. It is peak season now for spot, sheepshead, summer flounder and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, weakfish, black sea bass and spotted seatrout. Spot peak from August through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September. Summer flounder peak from June through September.

Tackle & technique

Weakfish
Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
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.
Sheepshead
Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Seguine Point

    Cape · 0.2 mi

    76
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 76
    • Spot 68
    • Spanish mackerel 67

    7 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 1.8 ftH 2:43 PM · 4.8 ft

  • Raritan Bay West Reach

    Channel · 1.2 mi

    74
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 74
    • Sheepshead 72
    • Summer flounder 70

    7 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 1.8 ftH 2:43 PM · 4.8 ft

  • Red Bank Reach

    Channel · 1.4 mi

    74
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 74
    • Sheepshead 72
    • Red drum 71

    7 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 1.8 ftH 2:43 PM · 4.8 ft

  • Round Shoal

    Bar · 0.5 mi

    73
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 73
    • Spanish mackerel 72
    • Spot 68

    7 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 1.8 ftH 2:43 PM · 4.8 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.