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CobiaShoulder seasonBay · New York
Mosquito Cove
40.85°N · 73.65°W · Bay · Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY
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Best score today · 11 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 529 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding6.6 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 · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
69Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.9 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
Last week of shoulder season for Cobia · the off season next
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Mosquito Cove
- Depth
- 4-20 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 Mosquito Cove
Mosquito Cove is a bay in Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, New York. Depth is 4-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, weakfish, Atlantic croaker and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Hempstead Harbor77
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 77
- Scup 74
- Sheepshead 72
9 kt NEH 10:22 PM · 7.4 ftL 4:45 AM · 0.6 ft
- Picket Rock76
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 76
- Sheepshead 68
- Spot 68
9 kt NEH 10:22 PM · 7.4 ftL 4:45 AM · 0.6 ft
- Red Spring Point70
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Spot 68
- Scup 67
9 kt NEH 10:22 PM · 7.4 ftL 4:45 AM · 0.6 ft
- Carpenter Point59
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 59
- Little tunny 58
- Bluefish 53
9 kt NEH 10:04 PM · 7.5 ftL 4:29 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.