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Best score today · 2 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 576 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.0 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 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 8 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 64°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
65Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: MassDMF · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Haddock is best here
Peak season for Haddock · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Buzzards Bay
- Depth
- 45-50 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · flat bottom
- 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 Buzzards Bay
Buzzards Bay is a bay in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 45-50 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and bluefish. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, bluefish and striped bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September.
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.
- 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Northwest Gutter75
Gut · 3.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 75
- Striped bass 71
- Black sea bass 66
7 kt NEL 11:31 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:22 AM · 3.0 ft
- Timmy Point74
Cape · 3.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 74
- Striped bass 73
- Scup 69
7 kt NEL 11:31 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:22 AM · 3.0 ft
- Timmy Point Shoal71
Bar · 3.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 71
- Bluefish 69
- Scup 69
7 kt NEL 11:31 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:22 AM · 3.0 ft
- Penzance69
Cape · 4.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 69
- Little tunny 68
- Striped bass 67
7 kt NEL 12:52 AM · 0.7 ftH 5:35 AM · 1.5 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.