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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 558 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.6 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 · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
79Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
79Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
71Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: 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
Hendricks Reef
- Depth
- 15-100 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Reef · Inner · Semi-exposedReef · drop-off
- 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 Hendricks Reef
Hendricks Reef is a bar in New York Harbor. Depth is 15-100 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads reef, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are sheepshead, little tunny and black sea bass. It is peak season now for sheepshead, little tunny, scup and red drum, and shoulder season for black sea bass, bluefish, king mackerel and Atlantic croaker. Sheepshead peak from July through September. 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.
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- 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
- Vandeventers Point73
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 73
- Black sea bass 69
- Scup 69
10 kt NEL 12:08 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:09 AM · 4.3 ft
- The Narrows72
Channel · 1.6 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 72
- Summer flounder 71
- Spanish mackerel 70
8 kt NEL 12:08 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:09 AM · 4.3 ft
- Gravesend Bay70
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 70
- Sheepshead 69
- Little tunny 68
10 kt NEL 12:02 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:03 AM · 4.6 ft
- West Bank69
Bar · 2.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Bluefish 65
- Summer flounder 65
10 kt NEL 12:06 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:06 AM · 4.5 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.