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CobiaShoulder seasonCape · New York
Hewlett Point
40.63°N · 73.69°W · Cape · South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay
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Best score today · 11 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3010 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.2 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 · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
45Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 4.7 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 yesterday
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
Hewlett Point
- Depth
- 2-30 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Hewlett Point
Hewlett Point is a cape in South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay, New York. Depth in the nearest water is 2-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are little tunny, striped bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, sheepshead, summer flounder and scup, and shoulder season for striped bass, bluefish, black sea bass and tautog. Little tunny peak from September through October. Striped bass peak from April through May and from October through December. Bluefish peak in May 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Neds Hole Creek61
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 61
- Black sea bass 59
- Summer flounder 58
10 kt NEL 12:59 PM · 0.8 ftH 6:53 PM · 4.3 ft
- Woodsburgh Channel61
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 61
- Black sea bass 60
- Summer flounder 58
10 kt NEL 12:59 PM · 0.8 ftH 6:53 PM · 4.3 ft
- Nums Channel60
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: SheepsheadPeak season- Sheepshead 60
- Black sea bass 59
- Summer flounder 58
10 kt NEL 12:31 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:29 PM · 4.8 ft
- Hewlett Bay59
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 59
- Sheepshead 59
- Bluefish 56
10 kt NEL 12:31 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:29 PM · 4.8 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.