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Best score today · 12 AM · King mackerel
- Now
- 2510 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.9 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 · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
14Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
28Wind: 19 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Water temp: 69°F, coolLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.5 ftSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for King 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 King mackerel is best here
Shoulder season for King mackerel · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Little Peconic Bay
- Depth
- 35-40 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonKing 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 Little Peconic Bay
Little Peconic Bay is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 35-40 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 Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for scup, spot, little tunny and sheepshead, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, bluefish, striped bass and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
Tackle & technique
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- 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
- Noyack Creek64
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Scup 63
- Red drum 55
16 kt NEL 3:30 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:57 AM · 2.4 ft
- Cutchogue Harbor62
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Scup 60
- Atlantic croaker 48
19 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 ft
- Jessup Neck59
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 59
- Scup 57
- Little tunny 55
16 kt NEL 3:30 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:57 AM · 2.4 ft
- Horseshoe Cove59
Bay · 2.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 59
- Scup 58
- Atlantic croaker 47
19 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 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.