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Best score today · 10 AM · King mackerel
- Now
- 5110 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.3 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
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Conditions · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
50Water temp: 69°F, coolLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 3.1 ftSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Eagle Point
- Depth
- 3-6 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
- 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 Eagle Point
Eagle Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 3-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, striped bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, red drum, spot and summer flounder, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, weakfish and black sea bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.
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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Eagles Neck Point74
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 74
- Striped bass 71
- Bluefish 70
8 kt NEL 2:31 AM · 0.5 ftH 8:35 AM · 2.6 ft
- Long Beach Bay70
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 70
- Little tunny 70
- Red drum 69
8 kt NEL 2:31 AM · 0.5 ftH 8:35 AM · 2.6 ft
- Little Bay70
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 70
- Little tunny 70
- Red drum 69
8 kt NEL 2:31 AM · 0.5 ftH 8:35 AM · 2.6 ft
- Browns Point68
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 68
- Striped bass 65
- Spot 64
8 kt NEL 2:31 AM · 0.5 ftH 8:35 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.