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Best score today · 12 AM · King mackerel
- Now
- 4310 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 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
Tuesday, Sep 29 · 3 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
85Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
68Wind: 15 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
41Water temp: 65°F, coldLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
52Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for King mackerel 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 King mackerel is best here
Shoulder season for King mackerel · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Dering Harbor
- Depth
- 3-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonKing mackerel
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 Dering Harbor
Dering Harbor is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 3-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and Atlantic croaker. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- 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
- Greenport Harbor64
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Scup 63
- Sheepshead 60
16 kt NEL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ftH 9:06 AM · 2.6 ft
- Hay Beach Point63
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 63
- Little tunny 58
- Striped bass 57
16 kt NEL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ftH 9:06 AM · 2.6 ft
- Chequit Point59
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 59
- Striped bass 57
- Bluefish 56
16 kt NEL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ftH 9:06 AM · 2.6 ft
- Pipes Cove57
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 57
- Spot 57
- Bluefish 53
19 kt NEL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ftH 9:06 AM · 2.6 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.