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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 4811 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb current
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.9 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 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
72Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.1 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
62Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 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
The Narrows
- Depth
- 50-60 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 The Narrows
The Narrows is a channel in New York Harbor. Depth is 50-60 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are summer flounder, weakfish and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for summer flounder, Spanish mackerel, red drum and sheepshead, and shoulder season for weakfish, striped bass, bluefish and black sea bass. Summer flounder peak from June through September. Weakfish peak from May through June and in October. Spanish mackerel 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.
- 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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bay Ridge Channel72
Channel · 2.4 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 72
- Red drum 67
- Sheepshead 67
8 kt NEL 12:19 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ft
- Anchorage Channel69
Channel · 1.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 69
- Weakfish 69
- Summer flounder 68
8 kt NEL 12:16 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:21 AM · 4.4 ft
- Hendricks Reef68
Bar · 1.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 68
- Bluefish 67
- Little tunny 66
10 kt NEL 12:06 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:06 AM · 4.5 ft
- Vandeventers Point68
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 68
- Bluefish 66
- Striped bass 63
10 kt NEL 12:08 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:09 AM · 4.3 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.