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Best score today · 8 AM · Atlantic cod
- Now
- 587 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.9 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 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
63Tide: EbbingCurrent: 2.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 4 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 65°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Atlantic cod
Species seasonality
69Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of 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
Bass Creek
- Depth
- 3-6 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
- 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 Bass Creek
Bass Creek is a bay in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth in the nearest water is 3-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, bluefish and little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, bluefish, little tunny and striped bass, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Scup peak from June through September. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September. Little tunny peak 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cedar Island Point77
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 77
- Striped bass 75
- Scup 71
6 kt NEL 12:34 AM · 0.8 ftH 5:51 AM · 3.0 ft
- Codman Point77
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 77
- Striped bass 75
- Scup 71
6 kt NEL 1:10 AM · 0.5 ftH 6:05 AM · 3.0 ft
- The Widows Cove76
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 76
- Little tunny 74
- Striped bass 72
6 kt NEL 12:34 AM · 0.8 ftH 5:51 AM · 3.0 ft
- Bass Cove76
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 76
- Little tunny 74
- Striped bass 72
6 kt NEL 12:34 AM · 0.8 ftH 5:51 AM · 3.0 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.