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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 467 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.4 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 · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
80Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
36Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.1 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
Stirling Basin
- Depth
- 2-6 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 Stirling Basin
Stirling Basin is a bay in Peconic and Gardiners Bays, New York. Depth is 2-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 sheepshead, and shoulder season for bluefish, striped bass, weakfish 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
- Hay Beach Point67
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Scup 66
- Striped bass 61
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ft
- Greenport Harbor65
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Scup 65
- Spot 63
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ft
- Dering Harbor65
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Scup 64
- Spot 63
17 kt NEH 8:40 PM · 2.8 ftL 2:41 AM · 0.6 ft
- Spring Pond64
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 64
- Scup 64
- Spot 61
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.