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Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 565 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High4.5 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 5 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
44Tide: High slackCurrent: 1.1 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 7 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
53Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: NYSDEC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Vandeventers Point
- Depth
- 10-70 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · drop-off
- 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 Vandeventers Point
Vandeventers Point is a cape in New York Harbor. Depth is 10-70 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, 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 red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, king mackerel and black sea bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
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.
- 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
- Hendricks Reef81
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 81
- Spot 73
- Atlantic croaker 70
7 kt ENEL 11:22 PM · 1.0 ftH 5:15 AM · 4.2 ft
- Gravesend Bay79
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 79
- Scup 78
- Atlantic croaker 68
7 kt ENEL 11:18 PM · 1.2 ftH 5:12 AM · 4.3 ft
- The Narrows77
Channel · 1.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 77
- Spot 72
- Spanish mackerel 68
5 kt ENEL 11:24 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:22 AM · 4.0 ft
- West Bank74
Bar · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 74
- Scup 73
- Little tunny 64
7 kt ENEL 11:22 PM · 1.0 ftH 5:15 AM · 4.2 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.