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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 496 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.0 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
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
36Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: 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
Smith Cove
- Depth
- 10-30 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Smith Cove
Smith Cove is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 10-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and summer flounder. It is peak season now for little tunny, summer flounder, red drum and scup, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, weakfish and black sea bass. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak in May and from October through November. Summer flounder peak from June 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Congdons Point70
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Bluefish 64
- Striped bass 64
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ft
- Tyndal Point69
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Bluefish 63
- Striped bass 63
17 kt NEH 8:32 PM · 2.7 ftL 2:42 AM · 0.6 ft
- Congdons Creek64
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 64
- Red drum 63
- Summer flounder 63
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ft
- Dickerson Creek64
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: BluefishShoulder season- Bluefish 64
- Red drum 63
- Summer flounder 63
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.6 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.