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Best score today · 12 AM · Tautog
- Now
- 3511 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.7 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 · 11 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
72Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
16Wind: 19 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
40Water temp: 69°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.8 ftSeason & habitat · Tautog
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Tautog 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 Tautog is best here
Shoulder season for Tautog · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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Spot profile
North Race
- Depth
- 3-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonTautog
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 North Race
North Race is a channel in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 3-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, striped bass, black sea bass and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Tautog
- Tautog live in rocks, wrecks, bridge pilings and jetties and rarely stray from cover, usually in 10 to 60 feet inshore and deeper in late fall. Anchor so the bait sits in the structure, fish crab on a short rig or a tog jig, and set hard on the second tap before the fish pulls into the rocks. Clams and worms work better in cold spring water; hard crabs are the standard in fall.
- 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
- Cutchogue Harbor62
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Scup 59
- Sheepshead 55
19 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 ft
- Robbins Island Rock61
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Spot 53
- Bluefish 52
19 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 ft
- Horseshoe Cove58
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 58
- Scup 57
- Bluefish 51
19 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 ft
- Marratooka Point53
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 53
- Red drum 53
- Spot 53
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.