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Cape · New York

Cedar Beach Point

41.03°N · 72.39°W · Cape · Peconic and Gardiners Bays

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Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish

74/100Great
Now
495 PM EDT
Best window
5-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding1.2 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Tuesday, Sep 29 · 4 PM

Time4P
Score57Good
Tide2.1 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb1.0 kn · toward NNE
Wind18 kn NNEgusts 24 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.2 ft · 4 s
Air temp65°Mild
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water65°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

Weakfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Weakfish in New York

Spot profile

Cedar Beach Point

Depth
3-30 ftSlope
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
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 Cedar Beach Point

Cedar Beach Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 3-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and striped bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, spot and sheepshead, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and weakfish. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December.

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

  • Crab Creek Point

    Cape · 1.5 mi

    71
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 71
    • Little tunny 70
    • Black sea bass 64

    17 kt NEH 9:10 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ft

  • Crab Creek

    Bay · 1.7 mi

    69
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 69
    • Spot 64
    • Black sea bass 63

    17 kt NEH 9:10 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ft

  • 68
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 68
    • Scup 68
    • Spot 66

    17 kt NEH 9:10 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ft

  • Jessup Neck

    Cape · 1.8 mi

    68
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 68
    • Scup 62
    • Striped bass 61

    17 kt NEH 9:32 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:30 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.