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Best score today · 3 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 616 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.2 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
94Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
36Wind: 16 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
78Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Goff Point
- Depth
- 3-10 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 Goff Point
Goff Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 3-10 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, 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 Atlantic croaker, striped bass, bluefish and black sea bass. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Cherry Harbor69
Bay · 5.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 69
- Scup 68
- Sheepshead 61
16 kt NEH 7:21 PM · 2.7 ftL 1:24 AM · 0.7 ft
- Napeague Harbor66
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 52
16 kt NEL 12:47 AM · 0.6 ftH 6:44 AM · 1.9 ft
- Lazy Point61
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Spot 59
- Little tunny 54
16 kt NEL 12:47 AM · 0.6 ftH 6:44 AM · 1.9 ft
- Cherry Point61
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Little tunny 60
- Spot 59
16 kt NEH 7:21 PM · 2.7 ftL 1:24 AM · 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.