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Best score today · 12 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 494 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-8 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 9 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
77Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Gardiners Bay
- Depth
- 15-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonStriped bass
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 Gardiners Bay
Gardiners Bay is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 15-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and bluefish. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, weakfish and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Bostwick Bay56
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 56
- Scup 55
- Bluefish 51
18 kt NEH 8:25 AM · 2.8 ftL 2:28 PM · 0.7 ft
- Crow Shoal53
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 53
- Spot 51
- Little tunny 50
18 kt NEH 8:30 AM · 2.6 ftL 2:20 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cherry Hill Point53
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 53
- Striped bass 52
- Bluefish 51
18 kt NEH 8:30 AM · 2.6 ftL 2:20 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cherry Harbor35
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 35
- Bluefish 35
- Striped bass 35
24 kt ENEH 8:30 AM · 2.6 ftL 2:20 PM · 0.7 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.