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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3011 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.2 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 · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
64Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
43Wind: 12 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 68°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 4.1 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: 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 yesterday
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
Fourteen Foot Channel
- Depth
- 25-60 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Fourteen Foot Channel
Fourteen Foot Channel is a bar in New York Harbor. Depth is 25-60 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and striped bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, summer flounder, sheepshead and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and king mackerel. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December.
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.
- 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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- East Bank60
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Bluefish 59
- Summer flounder 53
12 kt ENEL 11:52 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:15 PM · 5.2 ft
- Chapel Hill North Channel56
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: Striped bassShoulder season- Striped bass 56
- Summer flounder 56
- Little tunny 55
12 kt ENEL 11:52 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:15 PM · 5.2 ft
- Lower Bay55
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 55
- Sheepshead 53
- Bluefish 52
12 kt ENEL 11:52 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:15 PM · 5.2 ft
- Chapel Hill South Channel55
Channel · 2.5 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 55
- Sheepshead 55
- Summer flounder 54
12 kt ENEL 12:09 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:19 PM · 5.1 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.