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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 309 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.8 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 2 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
58Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: MorningSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
32Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Round Shoal
- Depth
- 10-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Round Shoal
Round Shoal is a bar in New York Harbor. Depth is 10-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are bluefish, little tunny and sheepshead. It is peak season now for little tunny, sheepshead, summer flounder and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, striped bass and king mackerel. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Seguine Point62
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Bluefish 59
- Striped bass 59
11 kt NEL 12:05 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:04 AM · 4.7 ft
- Seguine Point Bend61
Bend · 0.5 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 61
- Black sea bass 60
- Summer flounder 59
11 kt NEL 12:05 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:04 AM · 4.7 ft
- Red Bank Reach61
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 61
- Black sea bass 60
- Summer flounder 58
11 kt NEL 12:05 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:04 AM · 4.7 ft
- Raritan Bay West Reach61
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 61
- Black sea bass 60
- Summer flounder 59
11 kt NEL 12:05 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:04 AM · 4.7 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.