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Best score today · 12 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 306 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.2 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
25Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
84Wind: 10 kt SWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
100Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
81Season: PeakHabitat: 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 · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Flanders Bay
- Depth
- 7-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- 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 Flanders Bay
Flanders Bay is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 7-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, sheepshead and summer flounder, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and king mackerel. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Miamogue Point62
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Striped bass 53
- Scup 52
20 kt NEH 9:53 PM · 2.8 ftL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ft
- Browns Point62
Cape · 2.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Striped bass 53
- Scup 52
20 kt NEH 9:53 PM · 2.8 ftL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ft
- Iron Point59
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 59
- Scup 52
- Striped bass 52
20 kt NEH 9:53 PM · 2.8 ftL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ft
- Reeves Bay58
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 58
- Little tunny 55
- Sheepshead 54
20 kt NEH 9:53 PM · 2.8 ftL 4:25 AM · 0.4 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.