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Best score today · 5 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 356 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.3 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 · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
75Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
10Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 21 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
61Season: 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
Cherry Harbor
- Depth
- 3-25 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Cherry Harbor
Cherry Harbor is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 3-25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, bluefish and striped bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, red drum, scup and sheepshead, and shoulder season for black sea bass, bluefish, striped bass and king mackerel. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- 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
- Bostwick Bay65
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 65
- Spot 62
- Little tunny 61
17 kt NEH 7:59 PM · 2.9 ftL 2:19 AM · 0.6 ft
- Gardiners Bay64
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 64
- Spot 61
- Little tunny 60
17 kt NEH 8:05 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:05 AM · 0.6 ft
- Cherry Hill Point63
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 63
- Scup 59
- Striped bass 57
17 kt NEH 8:05 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:05 AM · 0.6 ft
- Crow Shoal61
Bar · 2.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 61
- Scup 59
- Bluefish 57
17 kt NEH 8:05 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:05 AM · 0.6 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.