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Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 391 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-3 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.7 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
77Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
33Water temp: 66°F, coldLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
46Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Horseshoe Cove
- Depth
- 3-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Horseshoe Cove
Horseshoe Cove is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 3-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, sheepshead and bluefish. It is peak season now for spot, sheepshead, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, weakfish and black sea bass. Spot peak from August 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.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
- 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
- Cutchogue Harbor62
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Sheepshead 59
- Little tunny 55
20 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 ft
- North Race60
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 60
- Sheepshead 55
- Black sea bass 54
20 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 ft
- Hog Neck Bay59
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 59
- Little tunny 58
- Striped bass 58
20 kt NEL 3:19 AM · 0.5 ftH 9:35 AM · 2.4 ft
- Little Peconic Bay59
Bay · 2.7 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 59
- Little tunny 58
- Striped bass 58
20 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 2.7 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.