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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 636 PM EST
- Best window
- 6-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.4 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
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 9 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 60°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
73Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Crab Creek
- Depth
- 1-40 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · drop-off
- 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 Crab Creek
Crab Creek is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 1-40 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are scup, black sea bass and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for black sea bass, spotted seatrout, striped bass and tautog, and shoulder season for scup, weakfish, spot and red drum. Scup peak from June through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. Spotted seatrout peak from October through November.
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.
- 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- West Neck Bay78
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 78
- Tautog 74
- Spotted seatrout 72
9 kt SWL 10:54 PM · 0.3 ftH 5:38 AM · 2.7 ft
- Crab Creek Point77
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 77
- Scup 74
- Black sea bass 71
9 kt SWL 11:42 PM · 0.2 ftH 5:54 AM · 2.4 ft
- Shelter Island Sound74
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Scup 71
- Spotted seatrout 70
9 kt SWL 11:42 PM · 0.2 ftH 5:54 AM · 2.4 ft
- West Neck Harbor73
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 73
- Scup 72
- Tautog 67
9 kt SWL 11:53 PM · 0.2 ftH 6:16 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.