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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · New York
Barker Point
40.85°N · 73.74°W · Cape · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 308 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding4.9 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
79Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
48Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 5.1 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.
Source: NYSDEC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Last week of shoulder season for Cobia · the off season next
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Barker Point
- Depth
- 1-40 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Barker Point
Barker Point is a cape in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 1-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for little tunny, scup, sheepshead and summer flounder, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and king mackerel. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- Scup
- Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Success Rock79
Bar · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 79
- Little tunny 73
- Sheepshead 73
9 kt NEH 10:31 PM · 7.5 ftL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ft
- Gangway Rock79
Bar · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 79
- Little tunny 73
- Sheepshead 73
9 kt NEH 10:31 PM · 7.5 ftL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ft
- Sands Point76
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 76
- Scup 70
- Spot 69
9 kt NEH 10:31 PM · 7.5 ftL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ft
- Manhasset Bay68
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Sheepshead 64
- Little tunny 63
9 kt NEH 10:31 PM · 7.5 ftL 4:55 AM · 0.7 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.