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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 479 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.7 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 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
83Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
50Wind: 11 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
53Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.8 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 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
Lower Bay
- Depth
- 25-35 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Lower Bay
Lower Bay is a bay in New York Harbor. Depth is 25-35 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, little tunny and sheepshead. It is peak season now for spot, little tunny, sheepshead and summer flounder, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, black sea bass and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from September 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.
- 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
- Fourteen Foot Channel65
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Spot 64
- Summer flounder 63
11 kt NEL 11:52 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:15 PM · 5.2 ft
- Chapel Hill South Channel64
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 64
- Sheepshead 62
- Black sea bass 61
11 kt NEL 12:09 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:19 PM · 5.1 ft
- Chapel Hill North Channel62
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Sheepshead 59
- Black sea bass 58
11 kt NEL 11:52 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:15 PM · 5.2 ft
- Craven Shoal60
Bar · 2.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Bluefish 57
- Summer flounder 56
11 kt NEL 12:16 PM · 0.9 ftH 6:14 PM · 5.2 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.