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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3212 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.1 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
61Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
31Wind: 17 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
46Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.2 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
Cherry Hill Point
- Depth
- 6-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Hill Point
Cherry Hill Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 6-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, sheepshead and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, sheepshead, spot and summer flounder, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, striped bass and tautog. Little tunny peak from September through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September. Bluefish peak in May 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bostwick Bay56
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 56
- Spot 55
- Little tunny 54
17 kt ENEL 1:47 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:59 PM · 2.9 ft
- Gardiners Bay55
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 55
- Spot 54
- Little tunny 53
17 kt ENEL 1:34 PM · 0.8 ftH 8:05 PM · 2.8 ft
- Crow Shoal54
Bar · 1.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 54
- Bluefish 51
- Sheepshead 51
17 kt ENEL 1:34 PM · 0.8 ftH 8:05 PM · 2.8 ft
- Cherry Harbor49
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 49
- Bluefish 45
- Striped bass 44
22 kt ENEL 1:34 PM · 0.8 ftH 8:05 PM · 2.8 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.