Mid-Atlantic · ChartNav curated ground
The Mud Hole
The old Hudson river channel off New Jersey/New York — a fluke, sea bass and bluefish magnet, ling and cod in the cold months.
What's biting here — right now
Prime water for Scup (Porgy) & Summer Flounder (Fluke) — 66°F on the bottom, water moving now.
Today's bite
5:45 PM – 9:30 PM · dusk bite
Days ahead
Today
OK
wind 13 kt
Mon
OK
wind 16 kt
Tue
OK
wind 17 kt
Wed
ROUGH
wind 22 kt
Thu
OK
wind 13 kt
Scup (Porgy)100
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 66°F at 66 ft in the prime band (46–70°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (26–131 ft ideal)
Better near structure or edges if you can find it
Small hooks with squid or worms over hard bottom and mussel beds.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 66°F at 66 ft in the prime band (46–68°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (26–131 ft ideal)
Better near structure or edges if you can find it
Bucktail + strip bait drifted over sand near channel edges and structure.
Bluefish100
In season (Oct)
SST 67°F in the prime band (64–75°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (7–98 ft ideal)
Metal lures or poppers through bait schools and birds; wire leader.
In season (Oct)
SST 67°F in the prime band (63–73°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (16–131 ft ideal)
No strong temperature break nearby
Trolled small feathers or cast metals around bait; moving water.
In season (Oct)
SST 67°F in the prime band (63–75°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (49–656 ft ideal)
No strong temperature break nearby
Small metals or sabikis around bait balls on the edge — a late-summer arrival that draws everything bigger.
In season (Oct)
SST 67°F in the prime band (64–73°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (16–131 ft ideal)
No strong temperature break nearby
Small metals or epoxy jigs cast to surface-feeding schools; fast retrieve.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 66°F at 66 ft in the prime band (46–72°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (33–148 ft ideal)
No charted structure within 250 m — scored cautiously (charts don't mark all hard bottom)
Squid or clam on hi-lo rigs directly over wrecks, reefs and rockpiles.
In season (Oct)
SST 67°F in the prime band (54–68°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (3–66 ft ideal)
Better near structure or edges if you can find it
Live bait or plugs on rips, ledges and boulder fields; dawn/dusk moving tide.
In season (Oct)
SST 67°F in the prime band (59–70°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (98–1312 ft ideal)
No strong temperature break nearby
Slow-trolled bait or a chum slick where bait stacks on a break — they stun with the tail, so hook-ups run tail-first.
Tautog68
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 66°F at 66 ft workable (45–64°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (13–82 ft ideal)
No charted structure within 250 m — scored cautiously (charts don't mark all hard bottom)
Green crabs tight to rocks, mussel beds and wreck rubble; light tide.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 66°F at 66 ft in the prime band (59–82°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (10–82 ft ideal)
Near the northern edge of its range (regular north to about 39.5°N)
Shrimp or squid on a bottom rig over mud and shell in the bays and nearshore lumps.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 66°F at 66 ft in the prime band (54–82°F prime)
Charted 83 ft suits this species (7–66 ft ideal)
Near the northern edge of its range (regular north to about 39.5°N)
Better near bridge pilings and jetty rock if you can find it
Fresh crab or clam on the bottom along channel edges and hard against bridge and jetty rock.
Live habitat-envelope scoring at this exact cell — SST, charted depth, charted structure and seabed, NOAA-designated habitat. The same engine and cards as tapping the spot in Fish mode.
Today's bite windows — moving water
Moving water right now — building
5:45 PM – 9:30 PM
peak 7:38 PM · ebb
peak 7:38 PM · ebb
12:21 AM – 3:37 AM
peak 1:59 AM · flood
peak 1:59 AM · flood
6:20 AM – 9:43 AM
peak 8:02 AM · ebb
peak 8:02 AM · ebb
Derived from the tide at Sea Bright — flow peaks near mid-tide, goes slack near high and low. No tidal-current station within 10 nm of this spot. Timing only — it never changes the habitat scores above.
The week ahead — full forecast
Drag the graph for any hour — wind, gusts, seas & period, rain, predicted current. The pale band around the wind line is model disagreement; the day chips carry the verdict and the number that caused it; the moons are real phases.
Sea state right now — every train
Combined
4.1 ft @ 7 s
from ESE
Wind sea
4.1 ft @ 7 s
from E
Swell 1
0.0 ft
Swell 2
0.0 ft
Swell 3
0.0 ft
Buoy check — 44065 (New York Harbor Entrance - 15 NM SE of Breezy Point , 2.5 nm): 19.4 kt observed vs 13 kt forecast, seas 5.6 ft vs 4.1 ft · model off (+6.4 kt)
Wind: NBM 2.5km direct (68 h) → GFS 0.25° direct (4 h) → Open-Meteo blend (96 h) · Waves: GFS-Wave 0.16° (12Z cycle), full train decomposition · Confidence band: GEFS ensemble spread · Bite windows: CO-OPS tidal predictions
Water temperature — last 10 weeks
2026-07-25 → 2026-10-03 · 67–77°F
Best months here
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Species in season by month for Mid-Atlantic (from the knowledge base). In season now: Atlantic Croaker, Black Drum, Black Sea Bass, Blueline Tilefish, Golden Tilefish, Northern Kingfish, Red Porgy, Scup (Porgy), Summer Flounder (Fluke), Tautog.
Other grounds in Mid-Atlantic
Baltimore Canyon
Yellowfin Tuna · White Marlin · Bluefin Tuna
Wilmington Canyon
Yellowfin Tuna · Mahi-Mahi · White Marlin
Chesapeake Light Tower
Cobia · Red Drum (Redfish) · Spanish Mackerel
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