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Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 506 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding1.6 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
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
36Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: 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
Crab Creek
- Depth
- 1-40 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · drop-off
- 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 Crab Creek
Crab Creek is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 1-40 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, bluefish and red drum. It is peak season now for scup, red drum, summer flounder and little tunny, and shoulder season for bluefish, black sea bass, weakfish and king mackerel. Scup peak from June through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Red drum peak in May and from September through October.
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.
- Scup
- Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
- 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
- Crab Creek Point72
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 72
- Scup 69
- Striped bass 65
17 kt NEH 9:10 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ft
- Shelter Island Sound70
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Scup 66
- Summer flounder 65
17 kt NEH 9:10 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ft
- West Neck Bay67
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Scup 64
- Bluefish 63
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ft
- West Neck Harbor67
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Bluefish 63
- Striped bass 62
17 kt NEH 9:32 PM · 2.6 ftL 3:30 AM · 0.5 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.