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Best score today · 6 AM · Scup
- Now
- 704 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding4.2 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
96Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
93Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spot 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 Spot is best here
Peak season for Spot · 4 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 seasonSpot
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 spot, scup and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, weakfish, black sea bass and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Great Beds Reach75
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 75
- Scup 70
- Atlantic croaker 66
8 kt NEH 5:09 AM · 4.5 ftL 11:30 AM · 1.4 ft
- Red Bank Reach70
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 69
- Red drum 62
8 kt NEH 5:13 AM · 4.4 ftL 11:28 AM · 1.3 ft
- Seguine Point Bend70
Bend · 2.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Scup 69
- Atlantic croaker 61
8 kt NEH 5:13 AM · 4.4 ftL 11:28 AM · 1.3 ft
- Round Shoal64
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Scup 63
- Little tunny 60
8 kt NEH 5:13 AM · 4.4 ftL 11:28 AM · 1.3 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.