7-Day Fishing Forecast
Fishing Score Breakdown
Current Conditions
Sun & Moon
Solunar Periods
Local Fishing Guide
Fishing Tips
Great Kills Harbor offers excellent opportunities around oyster bars, grass flats, and channel edges. Fish the moving tide - the first two hours of an incoming or outgoing tide are usually the most productive. In New York, diverse fishing from Adirondack trout to Montauk stripers. Use live bait on the flats and switch to artificials when fish are actively feeding on the surface.
About This Area
Great Kills Harbor is a sheltered bay in New York. The Northeast coastline is diverse fishing from Adirondack trout to Montauk stripers. Tidal patterns here follow a semidiurnal cycle - check the tide chart above for today's schedule.
Common Species
Striped Bass, Bluefish, Fluke (Summer Flounder), Black Sea Bass, Scup. Availability varies by season - use the fishing score above to gauge today's conditions.
Best Times to Fish
Spring striper runs begin in May as fish migrate north. Summer brings bluefish, fluke, and sea bass. Fall is prime time - trophy stripers, false albacore, and bonito. Ice fishing for panfish and trout takes over in winter.