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Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 467 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.7 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, Sep 25 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
26Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
2Wind: 22 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
61Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 7.5 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Browns Point
- Depth
- 3-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- 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 Browns Point
Browns Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 3-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and spot. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, spot and red drum, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and Atlantic croaker. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Brushs Point69
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Little tunny 67
- Scup 67
13 kt SSEH 8:02 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:50 AM · 0.5 ft
- Great Peconic Bay68
Bay · 2.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Spot 66
- Red drum 62
13 kt SSEH 8:19 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:31 AM · 0.8 ft
- Flanders Bay67
Bay · 2.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 67
- Spot 65
- Red drum 62
13 kt SSEH 8:02 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:50 AM · 0.5 ft
- Miamogue Point61
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 61
- Scup 61
- Spot 59
13 kt SSEH 8:02 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:50 AM · 0.5 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.