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Best score today · 12 AM · Atlantic cod
- Now
- 571 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.3 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 8 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 10 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
36Water temp: 60°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Atlantic cod
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Atlantic cod is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with MassDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: MassDMF · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Atlantic cod is best here
Peak season for Atlantic cod · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Nahant Bay
- Depth
- 60-70 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonAtlantic cod
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 Nahant Bay
Nahant Bay is a bay in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Depth is 60-70 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are haddock, striped bass and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for haddock, striped bass, Atlantic cod and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Haddock peak from May through September. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Atlantic cod
- Cod hold near coarse, rocky bottom on ledges, banks and wrecks, commonly from 80 to 300 feet in the Gulf of Maine. Drift over the structure with a diamond or cod jig and a teaser fly above it, keeping the jig within a few feet of bottom, or fish clams on a high-low rig. Check the stock area and season before keeping one, because most of the year cod must be released.
- Haddock
- Haddock feed on gravel, sand and clay bottom along the edges of banks and ledges, mostly in 120 to 400 feet. They have small, soft mouths, so fish clam or squid on small hooks on a high-low rig, or a light jig with teasers, right on the bottom. Set the hook gently and keep steady pressure on the way up.
- 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
- Outer Gut63
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Top: Atlantic codPeak season- Atlantic cod 63
- Black sea bass 61
- Haddock 58
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- Fred Bliss Rocks62
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic codPeak season- Atlantic cod 62
- Black sea bass 62
- Bluefish 57
10 kt NEL 2:45 PM · 2.1 ftH 8:59 PM · 8.9 ft
- Inner Gut59
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Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 59
- Striped bass 56
- Atlantic cod 53
10 kt NEL 2:45 PM · 2.1 ftH 8:59 PM · 8.9 ft
- Galloupes Point57
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 57
- Striped bass 57
- Bluefish 55
10 kt NEL 2:45 PM · 2.1 ftH 8:59 PM · 8.9 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.