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Best score today · 6 PM · Tautog
- Now
- 665 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding4.8 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 7 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
100Water temp: 62°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Tautog
Species seasonality
87Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Tautog is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with MassDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: MassDMF · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Tautog is best here
Shoulder season for Tautog · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Boston Ledge
- Depth
- 45-70 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · ExposedLedge · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonTautog
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 Boston Ledge
Boston Ledge is a bar in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Depth is 45-70 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, scup and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for black sea bass, scup, Atlantic cod and bluefish, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Tautog
- Tautog live in rocks, wrecks, bridge pilings and jetties and rarely stray from cover, usually in 10 to 60 feet inshore and deeper in late fall. Anchor so the bait sits in the structure, fish crab on a short rig or a tog jig, and set hard on the second tap before the fish pulls into the rocks. Clams and worms work better in cold spring water; hard crabs are the standard in fall.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Shag Rocks74
Bar · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Black sea bass 73
- Bluefish 73
10 kt NH 7:59 AM · 7.5 ftL 1:51 PM · 2.2 ft
- Martin Ledge73
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 73
- Black sea bass 72
- Atlantic cod 71
11 kt NH 7:59 AM · 7.5 ftL 1:51 PM · 2.2 ft
- Ultonia Ledge72
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 72
- Scup 72
- Atlantic cod 70
11 kt NH 7:59 AM · 7.5 ftL 1:51 PM · 2.2 ft
- Utonia Ledge72
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 72
- Scup 72
- Atlantic cod 70
11 kt NH 7:59 AM · 7.5 ftL 1:51 PM · 2.2 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 MassDMF before you keep a fish.