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CobiaShoulder season

Cape · New York

Miamogue Point

40.93°N · 72.58°W · Cape · Peconic and Gardiners Bays

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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia

66/100Great
Now
2911 PM EDT
Best window
11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.7 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Oct 2 · 7 PM

Time7P
Score35Fair
Tide2.9 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.8 kn · toward NE
Wind7 kn SSWgusts 10 · steady
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy73% cloud
Water65°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

Miamogue Point

Depth
3-9 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Miamogue Point

Miamogue Point is a cape in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 3-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are striped bass, bluefish and black sea bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, red drum, scup and sheepshead, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and Atlantic croaker. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Black sea bass peak from May through June 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.
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.
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

  • Brushs Point

    Cape · 2.1 mi

    53
    Top: SpotPeak season
    • Spot 53
    • Little tunny 52
    • Scup 52

    19 kt NEL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:22 AM · 2.7 ft

  • Iron Point

    Cape · 2.2 mi

    48
    Top: Striped bassShoulder season
    • Striped bass 48
    • Bluefish 44
    • Black sea bass 36

    19 kt NEL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:22 AM · 2.7 ft

  • Flanders Bay

    Bay · 1.2 mi

    44
    Top: BluefishShoulder season
    • Bluefish 44
    • Striped bass 43
    • Black sea bass 37

    19 kt NEL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:22 AM · 2.7 ft

  • Browns Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    43
    Top: BluefishShoulder season
    • Bluefish 43
    • Striped bass 43
    • Black sea bass 34

    19 kt NEL 4:25 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:22 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.