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CobiaShoulder season

Bay · New York

May Newburger Cove

40.83°N · 73.66°W · Bay · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY

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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia

69/100Great
Now
308 PM EDT
Best window
8 PM-12 AMHigh slack
Tide now
Flooding5.7 ft ▲

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 81

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 PM · now

Time8PNOW
Score30Fair
Tide5.7 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood0.6 kn · toward SE
Wind9 kn NEgusts 19 · steady
Sea stateRough5.1 ft · 8 s
Air temp60°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy70% cloud
Water71°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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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

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Spot profile

May Newburger Cove

Depth
1-10 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 May Newburger Cove

May Newburger Cove is a bay in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth is 1-10 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, sheepshead and summer flounder, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and tautog. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September 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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

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  • Hempstead Harbor

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    77
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 77
    • Spot 77
    • Little tunny 76

    9 kt NEH 10:22 PM · 7.4 ftL 4:45 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Mott Cove

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    76
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 76
    • Little tunny 74
    • Spot 74

    9 kt NEH 10:04 PM · 7.5 ftL 4:29 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Mosquito Cove

    Bay · 2.0 mi

    76
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 76
    • Little tunny 74
    • Spot 74

    9 kt NEH 10:22 PM · 7.4 ftL 4:45 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Carpenter Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    69
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 69
    • Scup 62
    • Striped bass 60

    9 kt NEH 10:04 PM · 7.5 ftL 4:29 AM · 0.6 ft

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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.