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Best score today · 12 AM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 309 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.7 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 · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
37Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
20Wind: 16 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
62Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.2 ftSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spotted seatrout 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 Spotted seatrout is best here
Shoulder season for Spotted seatrout · 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 seasonSpotted seatrout
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 Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, striped bass and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- 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 Harbor65
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 64
- Atlantic croaker 51
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
- Spot 55
- Little tunny 50
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
- Atlantic croaker 45
20 kt NEL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ftH 9:06 AM · 2.6 ft
- Chequit Point56
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 56
- Spot 56
- Little tunny 51
16 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.