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Best score today · 9 AM · Spanish mackerel
- Now
- 526 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.3 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
75Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
36Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
49Water temp: 69°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.4 ftSeason & habitat · Spanish mackerel
Species seasonality
82Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spanish 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 Spanish mackerel is best here
Peak season for Spanish mackerel · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Gardiners Bay
- Depth
- 15-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSpanish 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 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 scup, spot and little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, striped bass and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bostwick Bay65
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Spot 62
- Little tunny 61
17 kt NEH 7:59 PM · 2.9 ftL 2:19 AM · 0.6 ft
- Cherry Hill Point63
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 63
- Scup 59
- Striped bass 57
17 kt NEH 8:05 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:05 AM · 0.6 ft
- Crow Shoal61
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 61
- Scup 59
- Bluefish 57
17 kt NEH 8:05 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:05 AM · 0.6 ft
- Cherry Harbor55
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 55
- Bluefish 51
- Striped bass 51
21 kt NEH 8:05 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:05 AM · 0.6 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.