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HaddockPeak season

Bar · Massachusetts

Tedesco Rocks

42.46°N · 70.90°W · Bar · Boston Harbor

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Best score today · 6 AM · Haddock

81/100Great
Now
684 PM EDT
Best window
4 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding5.4 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 4 PM · now

Time4PNOW
Score68Great
Tide5.4 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood0.3 kn · toward WSW
Wind9 kn SEgusts 21 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.3 ft · 4 s
Air temp61°Mild
WeatherOvercast100% chance of rain
Water64°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Haddock is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with MassDMF before you keep a fish.

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When Haddock is best here

Peak season for Haddock · 1 more week at peak

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Haddock in Massachusetts

Spot profile

Tedesco Rocks

Depth
3-25 ftNearest water
Structure
Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · slope
Season
Peak seasonHaddock

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 Tedesco Rocks

Tedesco Rocks is a bar in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Depth in the nearest water is 3-25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, scup and striped bass. It is peak season now for black sea bass, scup, striped bass and Atlantic cod, 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. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October.

Tackle & technique

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.
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

  • Galloupes Point

    Cape · 0.1 mi

    81
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 81
    • Little tunny 73
    • Bluefish 69

    9 kt SEH 7:14 PM · 8.5 ftL 1:46 AM · 1.7 ft

  • Phillips Point

    Cape · 0.2 mi

    81
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 81
    • Little tunny 73
    • Bluefish 69

    9 kt SEH 7:14 PM · 8.5 ftL 1:46 AM · 1.7 ft

  • Inner Gut

    Gut · 0.2 mi

    79
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 79
    • Black sea bass 72
    • Scup 72

    9 kt SEH 7:14 PM · 8.5 ftL 1:46 AM · 1.7 ft

  • Fred Bliss Rocks

    Bar · 0.1 mi

    75
    Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 75
    • Scup 75
    • Striped bass 74

    9 kt SEH 7:14 PM · 8.5 ftL 1:46 AM · 1.7 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 MassDMF before you keep a fish.