UPDATEDAUTO-REFRESH 5 MIN
ScupShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
Best score today · 7 AM · Black sea bass
- Now
- 735 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.2 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
Notify me when Crab Creek scores 75+
Checked every morning against the 14-day forecast. Free by push and email.
14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Nov 15 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
96Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt WSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
95Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Black sea bass
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.
Source: NYSDEC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Scup is best here
Shoulder season for Scup · 3 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 seasonScup
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 spot. It is peak season now for black sea bass, tautog, spotted seatrout and striped bass, and shoulder season for scup, spot, weakfish and red drum. Scup peak from June through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. Spot peak from August through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Crab Creek Point73
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 73
- Striped bass 68
- Black sea bass 64
8 kt WSWL 11:00 AM · 0.5 ftH 5:15 PM · 2.5 ft
- West Neck Harbor72
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 72
- Spot 67
- Striped bass 67
8 kt WSWL 11:11 AM · 0.5 ftH 5:37 PM · 2.5 ft
- West Neck Bay70
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 70
- Striped bass 70
- Spotted seatrout 65
8 kt WSWL 10:23 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:52 PM · 2.6 ft
- Shelter Island Sound70
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupShoulder season- Scup 70
- Striped bass 65
- Spot 63
8 kt WSWL 11:00 AM · 0.5 ftH 5:15 PM · 2.5 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.