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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · New York
Machaux Rock
40.87°N · 73.77°W · Bar · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 577 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding4.3 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 · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
78Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
81Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 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 today
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
Machaux Rock
- Depth
- 15-35 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · 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 Machaux Rock
Machaux Rock is a bar in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth is 15-35 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, black sea bass and little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, sheepshead and spot, and shoulder season for black sea bass, bluefish, king mackerel and tautog. Scup peak from June through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. Little tunny peak 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Middle Reef78
Bar · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Little tunny 72
- Sheepshead 72
9 kt NEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.6 ft
- Stevens Rock78
Bar · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Little tunny 72
- Black sea bass 71
10 kt ENEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.6 ft
- Aunt Phebe Rock78
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Little tunny 72
- Black sea bass 71
10 kt ENEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.6 ft
- South Nonations74
Bar · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 74
- Scup 71
- Summer flounder 70
9 kt NEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.6 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.