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Best score today · 5 PM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 518 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.7 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 · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
37Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
65Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.2 ftSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
70Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Sheepshead 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 Sheepshead is best here
Peak season for Sheepshead · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Congdons Creek
- Depth
- 2-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSheepshead
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 Congdons Creek
Congdons Creek is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 2-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
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 summer flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, black sea bass and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- 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
- Coecles Harbor73
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 73
- Spot 73
- Atlantic croaker 60
13 kt NEL 1:58 AM · 0.7 ftH 8:32 AM · 2.4 ft
- Cedar Island Cove72
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Spot 70
- Atlantic croaker 58
13 kt NEL 1:58 AM · 0.7 ftH 8:32 AM · 2.4 ft
- Smith Cove72
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Spot 70
- Atlantic croaker 58
13 kt NEL 2:00 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:23 AM · 2.4 ft
- Congdons Point66
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Spot 65
- Little tunny 59
13 kt NEL 1:58 AM · 0.7 ftH 8:32 AM · 2.4 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.