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Best score today · 10 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 578 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 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
Friday, Sep 25 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
87Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
88Wind: 9 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 65°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.9 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
57Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Canapitsit Channel
- Depth
- 3-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Outer · ExposedChannel · 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 Canapitsit Channel
Canapitsit Channel is a channel in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 3-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and black sea bass. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, black sea bass and little tunny, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Scup peak from June through September. Black sea bass 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Cuttyhunk Harbor76
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 76
- Little tunny 74
- Scup 72
7 kt NEL 12:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 6:58 PM · 3.1 ft
- Knox Point75
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 75
- Striped bass 75
- Scup 73
7 kt NEL 12:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 6:58 PM · 3.1 ft
- Pease Ledge74
Bar · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Little tunny 73
- Black sea bass 72
7 kt NEL 12:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 6:58 PM · 3.1 ft
- Cuttyhunk Pond74
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Little tunny 72
- Bluefish 70
7 kt NEL 12:14 PM · 0.7 ftH 6:58 PM · 3.1 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.