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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 527 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing4.5 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
76Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Anchorage Channel
- Depth
- 45-50 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Anchorage Channel
Anchorage Channel is a channel in New York Harbor. Depth is 45-50 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, summer flounder and little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, summer flounder, little tunny and spot, and shoulder season for weakfish, Atlantic croaker, black sea bass and striped bass. Scup peak from June through October. Summer flounder peak from June through September. 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.
- Summer flounder
- Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Upper Bay77
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 77
- Little tunny 74
- Spanish mackerel 72
8 kt NEL 12:19 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ft
- The Narrows77
Channel · 1.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 77
- Spanish mackerel 75
- Summer flounder 73
8 kt NEL 12:08 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:09 AM · 4.3 ft
- Bay Ridge Channel74
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Spot 74
- Sheepshead 66
8 kt NEL 12:19 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ft
- Gowanus Flats69
Bar · 1.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Scup 69
- Spot 68
8 kt NEL 12:19 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:20 AM · 4.6 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.