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SpotShoulder season

Bay · New York

Noyack Creek

40.99°N · 72.37°W · Bay · Peconic and Gardiners Bays

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Best score today · 2 AM · Spot

82/100Great
Now
4912 PM EST
Best window
7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding0.6 ft ▲

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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24-hour conditions

Saturday, Nov 7 · 6 AM

Time6A
Score60Good
Tide1.3 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood1.1 kn · toward WSW
Wind8 kn Sgusts 14 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.4 ft · 7 s
Air temp62°Mild
WeatherOvercast46% chance of rain
Water60°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Spot 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 Spot is best here

Last week of shoulder season for Spot · the off season next

Spot season by week of the year. Last week of shoulder season for Spot · the off season next.
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Spot profile

Noyack Creek

Depth
3-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonSpot

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 Noyack Creek

Noyack Creek is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 3-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, scup and tautog. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, tautog, black sea bass and striped bass, and shoulder season for scup, weakfish, red drum and winter flounder. Spotted seatrout peak from October through November. Scup peak from June through October. Tautog peak in April and from October through December.

Tackle & technique

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.
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.
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

  • 67
    Top: TautogPeak season
    • Tautog 67
    • Striped bass 65
    • Scup 64

    10 kt SWH 5:15 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:42 PM · 0.2 ft

  • Jessup Neck

    Cape · 1.1 mi

    66
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 66
    • Tautog 61
    • Black sea bass 60

    10 kt SWH 5:37 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:53 PM · 0.2 ft

  • Noyack Bay

    Bay · 1.8 mi

    64
    Top: TautogPeak season
    • Tautog 64
    • Striped bass 63
    • Scup 62

    10 kt SWH 5:37 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:53 PM · 0.2 ft

  • Little Peconic Bay

    Bay · 2.0 mi

    60
    Top: TautogPeak season
    • Tautog 60
    • Scup 59
    • Striped bass 57

    10 kt SWH 5:58 PM · 2.9 ftL 12:20 AM · 0.2 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.