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CobiaShoulder season

Cape · New York

Mashomack Point

41.03°N · 72.28°W · Cape · Peconic and Gardiners Bays

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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia

74/100Great
Now
348 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding2.7 ft ▲

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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24-hour conditions

Monday, Oct 5 · 9 AM

Time9A
Score35Fair
Tide1.9 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb1.0 kn · toward N
Wind10 kn SWgusts 15 · steady
Air temp66°Mild
WeatherOvercast95% cloud
Water66°FPersisted

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Cobia in New York

Spot profile

Mashomack Point

Depth
1-25 ftNearest water
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 Mashomack Point

Mashomack Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 1-25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and spot. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, spot and summer flounder, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, Atlantic croaker and black sea bass. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spot peak from August 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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Majors Harbor

    Bay · 0.8 mi

    64
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 64
    • Spot 63
    • Little tunny 54

    17 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft

  • Northwest Harbor

    Bay · 1.3 mi

    64
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 64
    • Spot 63
    • Little tunny 54

    17 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft

  • Sag Harbor Bay

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    63
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 63
    • Spot 60
    • Little tunny 52

    17 kt NEL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:57 AM · 2.6 ft

  • Majors Point

    Cape · 0.9 mi

    57
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 57
    • Little tunny 55
    • Spot 54

    17 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.