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Best score today · 12 AM · Spot
- Now
- 309 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 AM-12 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding2.5 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
26Wind: 18 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
60Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 4.1 ftSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spot 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 Spot is best here
Peak season for Spot · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Flanders Bay
- Depth
- 7-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSpot
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, black sea bass, striped 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
- 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.
- 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
- Reeves Bay62
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Little tunny 48
- Sheepshead 48
18 kt NEH 9:36 AM · 2.5 ftL 3:55 PM · 0.5 ft
- Iron Point56
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 56
- Little tunny 51
- Striped bass 46
18 kt NEH 9:36 AM · 2.5 ftL 3:55 PM · 0.5 ft
- Browns Point55
Cape · 2.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 55
- Little tunny 50
- Striped bass 44
18 kt NEH 9:36 AM · 2.5 ftL 3:55 PM · 0.5 ft
- Miamogue Point53
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 53
- Little tunny 49
- Bluefish 43
18 kt NEH 9:36 AM · 2.5 ftL 3:55 PM · 0.5 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.