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Striped bassShoulder season

Bay · New York

Corey Creek

41.04°N · 72.42°W · Bay · Peconic and Gardiners Bays

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Best score today · 12 AM · Striped bass

73/100Great
Now
4510 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.5 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 PM · now

Time10PNOW
Score45Good
Tide2.5 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentSlack0.0 kn
Wind19 kn NEgusts 27 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.5 ft · 4 s
Air temp61°Mild
WeatherOvercast92% cloud
Water69°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here

Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder

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

Spot profile

Corey Creek

Depth
1-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonStriped bass

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 Corey Creek

Corey Creek is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and red drum. It is peak season now for spot, scup, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Striped bass
Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Hog Neck Bay

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    60
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 60
    • Scup 59
    • Bluefish 51

    19 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:35 AM · 2.4 ft

  • Goose Creek

    Bay · 0.8 mi

    60
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 60
    • Scup 59
    • Red drum 52

    19 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:35 AM · 2.4 ft

  • Southold Bay

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    57
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 57
    • Spot 57
    • Bluefish 49

    19 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:35 AM · 2.4 ft

  • Harpers Point

    Cape · 1.6 mi

    52
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 52
    • Spot 52
    • Little tunny 51

    19 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:35 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.