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Best score today · 2 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5712 PM EST
- Best window
- 2-5 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 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
Saturday, Nov 7 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.1 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 8 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 60°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
70Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: NYSDEC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Noyack Creek
- Depth
- 3-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
- 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 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
- 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.
- 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
- Shelter Island Sound67
Bay · 2.9 mi
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 Neck66
Cape · 1.1 mi
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 Bay64
Bay · 1.8 mi
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 Bay60
Bay · 2.0 mi
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.