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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · New York
Middle Rock
40.86°N · 73.81°W · Bar · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 586 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.6 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 · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
94Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
65Wind: 10 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
Middle Rock
- Depth
- 3-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · ProtectedLedge · 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 Middle Rock
Middle Rock is a bar in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth is 3-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and black sea bass. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, sheepshead and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for black sea bass, bluefish, king mackerel and tautog. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November.
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
- Turtle Cove74
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Little tunny 73
- Spot 72
10 kt NEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.6 ft
- Pelham Bay74
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Spot 72
- Little tunny 71
10 kt NEH 9:59 PM · 7.6 ftL 4:20 AM · 0.6 ft
- Palmer Inlet66
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 66
- Scup 65
- Bluefish 62
10 kt NEH 10:16 PM · 7.4 ftL 4:49 AM · 0.7 ft
- Eastchester Bay65
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Little tunny 62
- Sheepshead 61
10 kt NEH 10:16 PM · 7.4 ftL 4:49 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.