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United States / New York / Sea East Channel

Bite forecast: Sea East Channel

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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    77/100high activity

    Clear: 48–73 °F

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Sea East Channel (New York) — a spot well known among anglers. Nearby towns: New York and Yonkers. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.

Catches

Recorded 11 catches here. Most commonly caught: Striped bass, Walleye, Smallmouth bass. Peak season: year-round.

  • Striped bass — Upper New York Bay, Jul 30, 2018
    3
    Striped bass
    Upper New York Bay
    79 °F7 mph
    Jul 30, 2018
  • Bluegill — Harlem Meer, Jun 11, 2018
    Bluegill
    Harlem Meer
    66 °F7 mph
    Jun 11, 2018
  • Striped bass — New Jersey, Bergen County, May 18, 2018
    3
    Striped bass
    New Jersey, Bergen County
    63 °F13 mph
    May 18, 2018
  • Striped bass — Harlem River, Mar 13, 2018
    4
    Striped bass
    Harlem River
    39 °F20 mph
    Mar 13, 2018
  • Smallmouth bass
    Newtown Creek
    Aug 21, 2018
  • Walleye
    New Jersey, Hudson County
    86 °F7 mph
    Jun 29, 2018
  • Bluefish
    New York, New York County
    Jun 25, 2018
  • Walleye
    Overpeck Creek
    61 °F13 mph
    Apr 26, 2018
FridaySeptember 4weather-based forecast
65/100high activity

Clear: 57–73 °F

  • TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    61/100high activity

    Clear: 55–75 °F

  • Nearby towns

    • New York5 mi
    • Yonkers12 mi

    Bite calendar

    Wednesday, September 2

    Aug 31 – Sep 6
    Mon
    Tue
    Wed
    Thu
    Fri
    Sat
    Sun
    Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
    Based on:weatherseasonal
    What is a bite calendar?
    Coho salmonFlounderStriped bassBluefishSteelheadChinook salmon

    Bluefish

    7/10 · Good

    Hourly activity

    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00
    Bite activity:highmediumlow

    The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after.

    Peak bite hours

    Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

    Tactics

    Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.

    Lures

    The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: trolling spoon or live bait.

    Gear

    No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do. A thunderstorm is possible — bring a rain jacket, and pack up at the first rumble of thunder.

    Summary

    Worth going — it's a productive day.

    How this forecast is calculated

    Why this forecast

    The computed water temperature is around 65 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Bluefish, so baseline activity is high.

    Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 57–75 °F comfort rangecomfort 57–75 °F65 °F
    JFMAMJJASOND

    Bluefish works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

    The day: daylight hours and when Bluefish feeds0:0012:0024:00

    Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0.03 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.

    Pressure through the day, 0.03 inHg change
    00:00 · 30.0123:00 · 29.98 inHg

    One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.

    Feeding windows on the day scale0:0012:0024:00

    September is peak season for Bluefish here.

    JFMAMJJASOND

    These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

    Tides

    • Low water04:42-3.5 ft
    • High water11:111.4 ft
    • Low water17:23-3.0 ft
    0:006:0012:0018:0023:000:006:0012:0018:0023:00
    Sea level height by hour
    00:0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:0007:0008:0009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:0021:0022:0023:00
    0.2 ft-0.8 ft-1.8 ft-2.7 ft-3.3 ft-3.5 ft-3.0 ft-1.9 ft-0.7 ft0.3 ft1.0 ft1.4 ft1.2 ft0.4 ft-0.7 ft-1.7 ft-2.5 ft-3.0 ft-2.9 ft-2.3 ft-1.4 ft-0.7 ft-0.0 ft0.4 ft

    Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 9.8 mi away

    Water

    Water temp.
    76 °F
    In the model
    65 °F
    Wave
    1.4 ft
    Period
    5 s

    Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 9.8 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.

    2 SepWednesday, September 2
    +71°

    Cloudy · feels like +73°

    Low / high
    +59°…+72°
    Precipitation
    0.00 in
    Wind
    9 mph S
    Cloud cover
    100%
    Humidity
    81%
    Pressure
    30.07 inHg
    00:00+62°—3 mphnortheast wind, 3 mph94%65%
    01:00+60°—3 mphnortheast wind, 3 mph93%100%
    02:00+61°—3 mphnortheast wind, 3 mph96%100%
    03:00+61°—3 mpheast wind, 3 mph93%98%
    04:00+60°—2 mpheast wind, 2 mph91%48%
    05:00+60°—3 mpheast wind, 3 mph88%100%
    06:00+59°—3 mpheast wind, 3 mph87%100%
    07:00+59°—3 mpheast wind, 3 mph85%94%
    08:00+62°—3 mpheast wind, 3 mph90%100%
    09:00+67°—6 mphsoutheast wind, 6 mph88%100%
    10:00+69°—6 mphsoutheast wind, 6 mph86%100%
    11:00+70°—8 mphsoutheast wind, 8 mph84%100%
    12:00+71°—9 mphsouth wind, 9 mph81%100%
    13:00+72°—8 mphsouth wind, 8 mph81%100%
    14:00+71°—9 mphsoutheast wind, 9 mph78%100%
    15:00+70°0.02 in9 mphsouth wind, 9 mph82%100%
    16:00+70°—12 mphsouth wind, 12 mph81%46%
    17:00+69°—9 mphsouth wind, 9 mph79%100%
    18:00+68°—10 mphsouth wind, 10 mph80%50%
    19:00+67°—6 mphsouth wind, 6 mph83%100%
    20:00+65°—8 mphsouth wind, 8 mph85%100%
    21:00+64°—9 mphsouth wind, 9 mph86%97%
    22:00+64°1.08 in13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph91%100%
    23:00+64°0.04 in9 mphsouth wind, 9 mph87%91%
    +72°+66°+59°
    Weather throughout the day
    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00

    Sun and moon

    Wednesday, September 2
    The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
    DaylightMoon above the horizon
    Sunrise
    06:24
    Sunset
    19:30
    Day length
    13 h 6 min
    Sunshine hours
    2 h 57 min
    UV index
    2
    low
    Moon
    Waning gibbous
    Moonrise
    21:59
    Moonset
    12:30

    The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.

    Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

    Solunar feeding periods

    +11% in the windowWednesday, September 2
    Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
    Major periodsMinor periods
    • Major03:50–05:50Moon overhead
    • Minor12:00–13:00Moonset
    • Major16:18–18:18Moon underfoot
    • Minor21:29–22:29Moonrise

    The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.

    What are solunar periods?

    BiteGuide·From anglers’ reports

    What actually worked on this water

    Based on 11 verified catchesPeriod: 2017–2018

    This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.

    By fish species

    vertical axis — number of catches

    023
    32111111
    Striped bassWalleyeBlack crappieBluefishBluegillLargemouth bassSmallmouth bassSnook
    By fish species
    ValueCatchesShare
    Striped bass327%
    Walleye218%
    Black crappie19%
    Bluefish19%
    Bluegill19%
    Largemouth bass19%
    Smallmouth bass19%
    Snook19%

    By month

    vertical axis — number of catches

    023
    12113111
    JanMarAprMayJunJulAugNov
    By month
    ValueCatchesShare
    Jan19%
    Mar218%
    Apr19%
    May19%
    Jun327%
    Jul19%
    Aug19%
    Nov19%

    Air temperature, °F

    9 catches have this data · vertical axis — number of catches

    023
    1111311
    14324150597786
    Air temperature, °F
    ValueCatchesShare
    14–21 °F111%
    32–39 °F111%
    41–48 °F111%
    50–57 °F111%
    59–66 °F333%
    77–84 °F111%
    86–93 °F111%

    Pressure, inHg

    9 catches have this data · vertical axis — number of catches

    023
    111321
    29.3329.5329.7229.9230.1230.31
    Pressure, inHg
    ValueCatchesShare
    29.33–29.49 inHg111%
    29.53–29.69 inHg111%
    29.72–29.88 inHg111%
    29.92–30.08 inHg333%
    30.12–30.28 inHg222%
    30.31–30.47 inHg111%

    Wind direction

    9 catches have this data · vertical axis — number of catches

    012
    221112
    NESESWWNW
    Wind direction
    ValueCatchesShare
    N222%
    E222%
    SE111%
    SW111%
    W111%
    NW222%

    Wind speed, mph

    9 catches have this data · vertical axis — number of catches

    023
    31311
    49131822
    Wind speed, mph
    ValueCatchesShare
    4–7 mph333%
    9–11 mph111%
    13–16 mph333%
    18–20 mph111%
    22–25 mph111%

    Nearby rivers

    • Harlem River1 mi
    • Dutch Kills2 mi
    • Whale Creek2 mi
    • Luyster Creek2 mi
    • Newtown Creek3 mi
    • Maspeth Creek3 mi

    Nearby water bodies

    • SeaEast Channel0 mi
    • SeaEast River0.9 mi
    • SeaEast River0.9 mi
    • SeaHell Gate1 mi
    • SeaHell Gate1 mi
    • SeaWest Channel1 mi
    • SeaWest Channel1 mi
    • LakeThe Lake2 mi
    • PondThe Pond2 mi
    • ReservoirJacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir2 mi