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Best score today · 1 AM · Spot
- Now
- 775 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.1 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
94Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
99Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
93Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Ward Point Bend
- Depth
- 15-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 Ward Point Bend
Ward Point Bend is a bend in New York Harbor. Depth is 15-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for scup, spot, red drum and sheepshead, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, weakfish, black sea bass and spotted seatrout. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Red Bank Reach78
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Spot 78
- Atlantic croaker 69
6 kt ENEL 11:21 PM · 1.1 ftH 5:13 AM · 4.4 ft
- Great Beds Reach77
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 77
- Scup 75
- Atlantic croaker 68
6 kt ENEL 11:23 PM · 1.1 ftH 5:09 AM · 4.5 ft
- Seguine Point Bend76
Bend · 2.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 76
- Spot 76
- Atlantic croaker 67
6 kt ENEL 11:21 PM · 1.1 ftH 5:13 AM · 4.4 ft
- Round Shoal71
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 71
- Spot 70
- Little tunny 62
6 kt ENEL 11:21 PM · 1.1 ftH 5:13 AM · 4.4 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.