Inshore · 60 ft · beaches, bays, inlets and rips
Weakfish
Cynoscion regalis. Prime water reaches Montauk in Mid-Atlantic right now (69°F at the surface). Fish it 10–49 ft down — that is where 73–72°F water sits off Montauk.
LaneInshore · 10 fa (60 ft)
Depth it holds10–49 ft
Prime water63–77°F (workable 63–82°F)
Holds in the column10–49 ft down below the surface, over 10–49 ft of water
Judged onsurface temperature (NASA MUR satellite)
Structurenone
The water column off Montauk
The strip is the water itself, coloured by temperature from the surface down to the 60 ft surveyed bottom at that spot — one band per RTOFS model level. The outlined stretch is where Weakfish's temperature band (63–82°F) and the depth it holds actually overlap. That thickness is the number that matters: it is how much water you can work, not just whether the spot is warm enough somewhere. One model cycle, not a weekly archive — this holds still while the surface map scrubs.
How it's fished
Soft plastics or bloodworms on channel edges at dusk; light tackle.
Region by region — right now
| Region | Season | Prime water | Temp | Fish it at | Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Atlantic | in season | reaches Montauk | 69°F | 10–49 ft | J F M A M J |
"Fish it at" is where this species' temperature band and its holding depth overlap in the water column, from the RTOFS profile (13 levels, 0–300 m) — the depth to actually put a bait, not just the place. "Prime water" is the furthest sampled station on the 10-fathom lane whose surface temperature sits inside this species' band. It is water, not a sighting report.
Charted grounds on the 10-fathom lane