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Best score today · 6 AM · King mackerel
- Now
- 359 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
53Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
25Wind: 20 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.8 ftSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for King mackerel 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 King mackerel is best here
Shoulder season for King mackerel · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Brushs Point
- Depth
- 2-5 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonKing mackerel
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 Brushs Point
Brushs Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 2-5 ft, with a flat bottom. 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 sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, Atlantic croaker 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
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- 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
- Marratooka Point53
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 53
- Spot 53
- Red drum 50
20 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 ft
- Browns Point47
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 47
- Little tunny 44
- Bluefish 40
20 kt NEL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:22 AM · 2.7 ft
- Miamogue Point45
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 45
- Little tunny 43
- Bluefish 39
20 kt NEL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:22 AM · 2.7 ft
- Great Peconic Bay38
Bay · 2.5 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 38
- Striped bass 37
- Black sea bass 33
20 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 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.