NWS zone ANZ230 · New England
Boston Harbor fishing forecast
Massachusetts · Atlantic coast
Score now
- Named spots
- 122
- Species scored
- 10
- Tide stations
- 1
Overview
Boston Harbor is NWS marine zone ANZ230 on the Massachusetts Atlantic coast, in the New England species region. The Waterlands engine treats it as inland water (bays, sounds, straits). It holds 122 named features from the USGS Geographic Names Information System and has 1 NOAA tide station nearby.
10 species are scored here in this forecast; Tautog is at peak season now.
At 10:00 PM it scores 65 (great), led by Tautog. The best window for the rest of today is 10 PM-12 AM (night bite), peaking at 66 for Tautog. Over the next 14 days the best hour is Sat, Oct 31 at 6 PM, scoring 83.
Best times to fish
Waterlands engine forecast computed 10:03 PM EDT.
Best window today
10 PM-12 AM · Night bite
Top species: Tautog
Best hour of each day, next 14 days
Sat, Oct 31
83
6 PM
Tautog
Best day
Sun, Nov 1
81
6 AM
Tautog
Mon, Nov 2
82
7 AM
Tautog
Tue, Nov 3
82
8 AM
Tautog
Wed, Nov 4
81
3 PM
Tautog
Thu, Nov 5
82
6 AM
Tautog
Fri, Nov 6
81
6 AM
Tautog
Sat, Nov 7
80
6 AM
Tautog
Sun, Nov 8
80
6 AM
Tautog
Mon, Nov 9
81
7 AM
Tautog
Tue, Nov 10
79
7 AM
Tautog
Wed, Nov 11
78
8 AM
Tautog
Thu, Nov 12
35
12 AM
Atlantic cod
Fri, Nov 13
68
10 PM
Tautog
Species · 10
Listed for the New England region. Scores are this hour; season is where the species is in its year.
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Sun, Nov 1 at 6 PM (74)
Shoulder season, about 4 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 6 PM (73)
Off season, about 4 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 6 PM (66)
Shoulder season, about 4 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 6 PM (65)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 6 PM (63)
Off season, about 4 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 6 PM (56)
Off season, about 1 more week · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 4 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 12 AM (35)
Named spots · 122
Ranked by score this hour. Each spot has its own hourly forecast, tide, current and regulations.
- Quarter LedgeBar · 8 to 13 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Tautog68Great
- Quarantine RocksBar · 14 to 26 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Tautog67Great
- Seal RockBar · 12 to 35 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Tautog67Great
- Strawberry LedgeBar · 27 to 40 ft · ExposedTop now: Tautog67Great
- Sunken LedgeBar · 13 to 28 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Tautog67Great
- Veazie RocksBar · 5 to 12 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Tautog67Great
- Blaney RockCape · 4 to 14 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Tautog66Great
- Boston LedgeBar · 43 to 71 ft · ExposedTop now: Tautog66Great
- Graves LedgeBar · 67 to 83 ft · ExposedTop now: Tautog66Great
- Red RockCape · 4 to 16 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Tautog66Great
- Shag RocksBar · 18 to 36 ft · ExposedTop now: Tautog66Great
- Shag RocksBar · 25 to 80 ft · ExposedTop now: Tautog66Great
110 more spots, A to Z
- Bass Point56
- Beal Cove60
- Bird Island Flats58
- Black Rock Channel58
- Black Rock Channel56
- Black Rock Point56
- Blacks Creek58
- Boston Harbor62
- Boston Inner Harbor62
- Boston Main Channel58
- Boston North Channel58
- Boston South Channel58
- Broad Sound59
- Bumkin Island56
- Castle Island62
- Chelsea River60
- Cherry Island Bar57
- Commercial Point56
- Crow Point Flats58
- Deer Island Flats54
- Devils Back56
- Dorchester Bay62
- East Point61
- False Spit58
- Ferry Point58
- Fort Point (historical)55
- Fort Point Channel57
- Fox Point56
- Fred Bliss Rocks64
- Galloupes Point56
- Governors Channel (historical)54
- Governors Island Flats54
- Great Brewster Spit55
- Great Faun58
- Gull Point60
- Halftide Rocks65
- Harding Ledge65
- Hingham Bay60
- Hingham Harbor65
- Hole Point58
- Hospital Shoal59
- Houghs Neck59
- Hull Bay62
- Hull Gut59
- Hunt Hill Point60
- Hypocrite Channel61
- Inner Gut56
- Island End River58
- Johns Peril56
- Kings Cove64
- Lewis Cove60
- Lincoln House Point57
- Little Faun55
- Little Mystic Channel57
- Lobster Rocks64
- Lower Middle58
- Lower Neck56
- Lynn Harbor64
- Martin Ledge65
- Martins Well62
- Mill Cove62
- Nahant Bay60
- Nahant Harbor64
- Nantasket Roads59
- Nash Rock Shoal58
- Nixes Mate55
- Nubble Channel55
- Nut Island59
- Old Harbor63
- Old Sump57
- Outer Gut61
- Philip Head58
- Phillips Point56
- Pine Point58
- Pines Point of59
- Point Shirley55
- Portuguese Cove61
- President Roads61
- Quincy Bay61
- Ram Head56
- Ram Head Flats58
- Reserved Channel56
- Roaring Bulls56
- Rock Island Cove61
- Rock Island Head60
- Rocky Neck58
- Savin Hill Cove61
- Sculpin Ledge Channel55
- Squantum Channel56
- Stodders Neck57
- Sunset Point58
- Tedesco Rocks64
- The Narrows57
- Toddy Rocks65
- Town River Bay62
- Ultonia Ledge66
- Upper Neck56
- Upper Neck Cove60
- Utonia Ledge66
- Walton Cove62
- West Gut58
- Western Channel58
- Western Way58
- Weymouth Back River60
- Weymouth Fore River62
- White Head Flats58
- White Rocks64
- Windmill Point61
- Windmill Point (historical)55
- Wollaston Channel57
Nearest tide stations
Regulations
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Synced with MassDMF Oct 31, 2026.
No reviewed rules for the species listed here are on file yet. Check with MassDMF before you keep a fish.