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Best score today · 6 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 715 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 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
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
87Tide: EbbingCurrent: 2.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 1 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
84Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
88Season: 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
Peak season for Striped bass · 7 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Little Bay
- Depth
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak 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 Little Bay
Little Bay is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 2-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for striped bass, spotted seatrout, tautog and bluefish, and shoulder season for scup, weakfish, spot and red drum. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Scup peak from June through October. Spotted seatrout peak 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Browns Point75
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 75
- Bluefish 64
- Scup 64
6 kt WSWL 10:14 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:33 PM · 2.7 ft
- Eagles Neck Point74
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Bluefish 63
- Scup 62
6 kt WSWL 10:14 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:33 PM · 2.7 ft
- Eagle Point74
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Bluefish 63
- Scup 62
6 kt WSWL 10:14 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:33 PM · 2.7 ft
- Long Beach Bay71
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 71
- Scup 67
- Spotted seatrout 66
6 kt WSWL 10:14 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:33 PM · 2.7 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.