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CobiaShoulder seasonChannel · New York
Broad Channel
40.63°N · 73.81°W · Channel · South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay
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Best score today · 3 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 261 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low1.1 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 · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
23Tide: Low slackCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
33Wind: 12 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
51Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Broad Channel
- Depth
- 3-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Broad Channel
Broad Channel is a channel in South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay, New York. Depth is 3-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, black sea bass and sheepshead. It is peak season now for scup, sheepshead, summer flounder and little tunny, and shoulder season for black sea bass, striped bass, bluefish and king mackerel. Scup peak from June through October. Black sea bass peak from May through June and from October through November. 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.
- 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Jacks Hole Creek48
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 48
- Black sea bass 43
- Sheepshead 43
12 kt ENEH 6:44 PM · 5.8 ftL 1:25 AM · 0.6 ft
- Grassy Bay48
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 48
- Little tunny 44
- Sheepshead 43
12 kt ENEH 6:44 PM · 5.8 ftL 1:25 AM · 0.6 ft
- Hassock Creek48
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 48
- Black sea bass 43
- Sheepshead 43
12 kt ENEH 6:44 PM · 5.8 ftL 1:25 AM · 0.6 ft
- Green Point47
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 47
- Scup 42
- Bluefish 41
12 kt ENEH 6:44 PM · 5.8 ftL 1:25 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.