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Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 443 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-11 AMFlood tide
- 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 · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
17Tide: Low slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
50Wind: 14 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Southold Bay
- Depth
- 3-10 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Southold Bay
Southold Bay is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 3-10 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
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 bluefish, striped bass, weakfish and Atlantic croaker. Spot peak from August 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.
- 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
- Corey Creek56
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 56
- Scup 54
- Red drum 52
14 kt NEH 8:53 AM · 2.3 ftL 2:48 PM · 0.7 ft
- Goose Creek55
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 55
- Scup 53
- Red drum 52
14 kt NEH 8:53 AM · 2.3 ftL 2:48 PM · 0.7 ft
- Town Creek54
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 54
- Scup 53
- Red drum 51
14 kt NEH 8:53 AM · 2.3 ftL 2:48 PM · 0.7 ft
- Harpers Point51
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 51
- Spot 49
- Striped bass 48
14 kt NEH 8:53 AM · 2.3 ftL 2:48 PM · 0.7 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.