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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · New York
Conscience Bay
40.96°N · 73.12°W · Bay · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY
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Best score today · 11 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3811 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.9 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 · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
61Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
15Wind: 20 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
58Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.7 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Conscience Bay
- Depth
- 3-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- 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 Conscience Bay
Conscience Bay is a bay in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth is 3-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for scup, spot, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, Atlantic croaker and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.
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.
- 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.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Setauket Harbor63
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 63
- Spot 63
- Little tunny 59
20 kt ENEL 3:50 PM · 0.9 ftH 9:57 PM · 6.8 ft
- Port Jefferson Harbor63
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 63
- Scup 62
- Little tunny 60
20 kt ENEL 3:45 PM · 0.9 ftH 9:54 PM · 6.9 ft
- Little Bay61
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Spot 59
- Little tunny 58
20 kt ENEL 3:45 PM · 0.9 ftH 9:54 PM · 6.9 ft
- The Narrows59
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 59
- Spot 58
- Sheepshead 54
20 kt ENEL 3:45 PM · 0.9 ftH 9:54 PM · 6.9 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.