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WeakfishShoulder season

Cape · New York

Mashomack Point

41.03°N · 72.28°W · Cape · Peconic and Gardiners Bays

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Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish

74/100Great
Now
292 PM EDT
Best window
5-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Low0.7 ft

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 2 PM · now

Time2PNOW
Score29Fair
Tide0.7 ftLow
CurrentEbb0.4 kn · toward N
Wind17 kn NEgusts 26 · steady
Sea stateModerate3.2 ft · 5 s
Air temp65°Mild
WeatherPartly cloudy49% cloud
Water69°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Weakfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

Weakfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Weakfish in New York

Spot profile

Mashomack Point

Depth
1-25 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonWeakfish

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 Mashomack Point

Mashomack Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 1-25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, sheepshead and spot, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and king mackerel. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.

Tackle & technique

Weakfish
Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
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.
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

  • Majors Harbor

    Bay · 0.8 mi

    52
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 52
    • Sheepshead 50
    • Spot 48

    17 kt NEH 8:32 PM · 2.7 ftL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Northwest Harbor

    Bay · 1.3 mi

    52
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 52
    • Sheepshead 50
    • Spot 48

    17 kt NEH 8:32 PM · 2.7 ftL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Sag Harbor Bay

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    50
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 50
    • Little tunny 45
    • Sheepshead 45

    17 kt NEH 8:32 PM · 2.7 ftL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Majors Point

    Cape · 0.9 mi

    49
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 49
    • Scup 45
    • Sheepshead 41

    17 kt NEH 8:32 PM · 2.7 ftL 2:42 AM · 0.6 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.