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Best score today · 7 AM · Spot
- Now
- 572 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Low0.6 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
37Tide: Low slackCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
59Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.8 ftSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
100Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Spot is best here
Peak season for Spot · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Orient Harbor
- Depth
- 15-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak 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 Orient Harbor
Orient Harbor is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 15-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and spot. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, spot and sheepshead, and shoulder season for black sea bass, striped bass, bluefish and king mackerel. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August through October.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Browns Point60
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Striped bass 53
- Scup 52
10 kt NEH 8:11 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:31 AM · 0.5 ft
- Eagle Point55
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 55
- Scup 50
- Bluefish 48
10 kt NEH 8:11 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:31 AM · 0.5 ft
- Hay Beach Point54
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 54
- Little tunny 52
- Black sea bass 47
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ft
- Spring Pond51
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 51
- Little tunny 48
- Sheepshead 47
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 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.