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Best score today · 7 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 606 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 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
44Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 9 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
96Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
65Season: 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
Northwest Harbor
- Depth
- 7-10 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 Northwest Harbor
Northwest Harbor is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 7-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, bluefish and weakfish. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Sag Harbor Bay79
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 79
- Scup 78
- Little tunny 72
9 kt NNWL 11:27 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:47 AM · 2.0 ft
- Cedar Point77
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 77
- Spot 73
- Scup 71
9 kt NNWL 10:54 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:04 AM · 2.1 ft
- Mashomack Point75
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 75
- Spot 74
- Scup 73
9 kt NNWL 11:27 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:47 AM · 2.0 ft
- Barcelona Bank74
Bar · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 74
- Spanish mackerel 73
- Scup 71
9 kt NNWL 10:54 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:04 AM · 2.1 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.