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Bar · New York

Nice Shoal

43.03°N · 78.89°W · Bar · Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor

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Best score today · 8 PM

84/100Great

Great Lakes water: no saltwater species, so this is scored on the generic stillwater factors (wind, pressure change, light, solunar).

Now
663 PM EDT
Best window
5-9 PM

Data from: NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 3 PM · now

Time3PNOW
Score66Great
Wind7 kn ENEgusts 15 · steady
Air temp63°Mild
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water71°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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Seasonality · 52-week view

Seasonality

No saltwater species are scored at this spot, so there is no season calendar to show.

Spot profile

Nice Shoal

Depth
Not sampled
Structure
Shoal

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14. Depths are feet below the DEM vertical datum, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.

About this spot

Fishing Nice Shoal

Nice Shoal is a bar in Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor, New York.

Great Lakes water: no saltwater species, so this is scored on the generic stillwater factors (wind, pressure change, light, solunar).

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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.