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CobiaShoulder seasonChannel · New York
North Channel
40.64°N · 73.87°W · Channel · South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay
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Best score today · 11 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 347 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.0 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 · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
20Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.3 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
North Channel
- Depth
- 4-25 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 North Channel
North Channel is a channel in South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay, New York. Depth is 4-25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for scup, spot, sheepshead and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, black sea bass, striped bass and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Spot peak from August through October. Atlantic croaker peak from June through August.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Paerdegat Basin70
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 70
- Spot 67
- Little tunny 60
9 kt NEL 12:17 PM · 1.1 ftH 6:46 PM · 5.7 ft
- Pumpkin Patch Channel68
Channel · 1.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Spot 68
- Atlantic croaker 58
9 kt NEL 12:29 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:30 PM · 5.9 ft
- Island Channel67
Channel · 2.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 67
- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 55
11 kt NEL 12:17 PM · 1.1 ftH 6:46 PM · 5.7 ft
- Duck Point64
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 64
- Little tunny 63
- Spot 62
9 kt NEL 12:17 PM · 1.1 ftH 6:46 PM · 5.7 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.