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CobiaShoulder season

Bay · New York

Mamaroneck Harbor

40.94°N · 73.72°W · Bay · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY

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Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia

79/100Great
Now
519 AM EDT
Best window
6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding6.9 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 9 AM · now

Time9ANOW
Score51Good
Tide6.9 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood0.3 kn · toward WSW
Wind11 kn NEgusts 25 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.8 ft · 3 s
Air temp56°Mild
WeatherOvercast98% cloud
Water71°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Cobia in New York

Spot profile

Mamaroneck Harbor

Depth
2-15 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Mamaroneck Harbor

Mamaroneck Harbor is a bay in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth is 2-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, spot, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, bluefish and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August 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.
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

  • Pops Rocks

    Bar · 0.1 mi

    75
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 75
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 63

    11 kt NEH 9:56 AM · 7.3 ftL 4:03 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Turkey Rock

    Bar · 0.4 mi

    75
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 75
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 63

    11 kt NEH 9:56 AM · 7.3 ftL 4:03 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Orienta Point

    Cape · 0.5 mi

    67
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 67
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 65

    11 kt NEH 9:56 AM · 7.3 ftL 4:03 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Indian Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    67
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 67
    • Spot 66
    • Little tunny 65

    11 kt NEH 9:56 AM · 7.3 ftL 4:03 PM · 0.9 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.