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Best score today · 6 AM · Bluefish
- Now
- 682 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.6 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 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
82Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt SWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 64°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Bluefish
Species seasonality
78Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Bluefish 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 Bluefish is best here
Peak season for Bluefish · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Barekneed Rocks
- Depth
- 6-25 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonBluefish
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 Barekneed Rocks
Barekneed Rocks is a bar in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth in the nearest water is 6-25 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 little tunny. It is peak season now for black sea bass, scup, little tunny 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. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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
- Lazy Rocks71
Bar · 0.4 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 71
- Scup 71
- Little tunny 69
10 kt NEH 6:02 PM · 3.3 ftL 12:15 AM · 0.7 ft
- Apponagansett Bay70
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Striped bass 70
- Scup 69
10 kt NEH 5:52 PM · 3.6 ftL 12:08 AM · 0.7 ft
- Round Hill Point69
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 69
- Little tunny 67
- Bluefish 64
10 kt NEH 6:02 PM · 3.3 ftL 12:15 AM · 0.7 ft
- Ragged Rocks68
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 68
- Atlantic cod 67
- Scup 67
10 kt NEH 6:02 PM · 3.3 ftL 12:15 AM · 0.7 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.