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Best score today · 12 AM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 303 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-8 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.7 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 · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
44Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
18Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.6 ftSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spotted seatrout 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 Spotted seatrout is best here
Shoulder season for Spotted seatrout · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Gardiners Bay
- Depth
- 15-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSpotted seatrout
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 bluefish. It is peak season now for scup, spot, red drum and sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, weakfish and black sea bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- 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 Bay49
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 49
- Spot 48
- Bluefish 44
17 kt NEH 8:25 AM · 2.8 ftL 2:28 PM · 0.7 ft
- Crow Shoal47
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 47
- Scup 45
- Little tunny 44
17 kt NEH 8:30 AM · 2.6 ftL 2:20 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cherry Hill Point47
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 47
- Striped bass 46
- Bluefish 45
17 kt NEH 8:30 AM · 2.6 ftL 2:20 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cherry Harbor40
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 40
- Striped bass 40
- Black sea bass 39
23 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.