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Best score today · 6 AM · Scup
- Now
- 492 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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
Sunday, Sep 27 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
39Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.1 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
40Wind: 14 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
73Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
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 yesterday
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
Majors Harbor
- Depth
- 4-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Majors Harbor
Majors Harbor is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 4-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, little tunny and striped bass. It is peak season now for spot, little tunny, sheepshead and scup, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December.
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
- Tyndal Point56
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 56
- Striped bass 55
- Bluefish 52
16 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft
- Majors Point55
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 55
- Striped bass 54
- Bluefish 51
16 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft
- Mashomack Point55
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 55
- Striped bass 54
- Bluefish 51
16 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft
- Cedar Point49
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 49
- Striped bass 48
- Bluefish 45
16 kt NEH 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.