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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 391 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 AMFlood tide
- 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 · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
41Wind: 16 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: 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 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
Majors Point
- Depth
- 6-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Majors Point
Majors Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 6-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, striped bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, red drum, spot and summer flounder, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, weakfish and black sea bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. 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.
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Majors Harbor62
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 62
- Bluefish 60
- Little tunny 60
16 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft
- Mashomack Point62
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Striped bass 61
- Bluefish 60
16 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft
- Tyndal Point62
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 62
- Striped bass 61
- Bluefish 60
16 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft
- Smith Cove60
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 60
- Little tunny 58
- Striped bass 58
16 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 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.