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Best score today · 6 AM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 459 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
93Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt SPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
93Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
61Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Sheepshead 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 Sheepshead is best here
Peak season for Sheepshead · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Jessup Neck
- Depth
- 5-20 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonSheepshead
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 Jessup Neck
Jessup Neck is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 5-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and little tunny. It is peak season now for spot, scup, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for striped bass, Atlantic croaker, bluefish and black sea bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- 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
- Noyack Creek65
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 64
- Red drum 54
16 kt NEH 9:32 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:30 AM · 0.5 ft
- Shelter Island Sound65
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 65
- Scup 64
- Atlantic croaker 53
16 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:35 AM · 2.4 ft
- Noyack Bay61
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Spot 61
- Atlantic croaker 49
16 kt NEH 9:32 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:30 AM · 0.5 ft
- Cedar Beach Point56
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 56
- Scup 55
- Little tunny 46
20 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:35 AM · 2.4 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.