Shinnecock Bay / Inlet
New moon springs load the outgoing tide as fluke bail out of a hot bay
Shinnecock Inlet stripers get serious after dark while warm back-bay water pushes doormats toward the channels and ocean side.
Bay Fluke Push Out to the Inlet as Shinnecock Heats Up Toward the New Moon
Warm bay water is shoving fluke into the channels and the inlet mouth while the first bonito scouts show up on clean incoming tide.
Outgoing tide at the inlet stays the money bite as bay warms and fluke scatter
A blown-through NE swell left its mark on the bay margins, but the inlet keeps delivering after dark — here's where the bass, weakfish, and fluke actually are this week.
Weakfish return to Ponquogue as bay temps climb past 68 degrees
Night tides at the inlet producing keeper bass while bay fluke fishing heats up in deeper holes.
Bluefish blitz fires Shinnecock Inlet as crystal-clear water stacks bait
Giant blues to 34 inches crash bucktails while stripers work the shadows on the outgoing tide.
Inlet blues crash the night shift as weakfish wake up at Ponquogue
Big bluefish are terrorizing the outgoing tide while weakies finally show at the bridge.
Bluefish blitz fires Shinnecock Inlet as bay water hits 68 degrees
Crystal-clear water and strong currents stack bait on the incoming tide — bucktails and Mag Darters producing keeper bass to 17 pounds.
Bluefish blitz fires Shinnecock Inlet as crystal-clear water stacks bass
Big blues to 34 inches crash the rips while stripers hunt underneath on bucktails and Mag Darters.
Bass blitz the inlet on moon tides as bay water hits 74 degrees
Outgoing water after midnight is stacking stripers on the jetties while fluke crash the canal drift.
Shinnecock bass fire on the night bite as bay water climbs to 68 degrees
Outgoing tides after dark producing keeper stripers from the inlet to the canal.
Inlet thermal gradient sets up the June night bite as offshore reference data thins out
With NDBC 44025 offline and 44097 reporting intermittently, the bay-to-ocean temperature differential at Shinnecock Inlet becomes the controlling variable.