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Best score today · 1 PM · Haddock
- Now
- 706 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.7 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 65°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
76Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Dumpling Rocks
- Depth
- 10-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · 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 Dumpling Rocks
Dumpling Rocks is a bar in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 10-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are little tunny, black sea bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, black sea bass, bluefish and Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Little tunny peak from September through October. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Round Hill Point80
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 80
- Striped bass 77
- Bluefish 74
3 kt NNWL 7:51 PM · 1.3 ftH 2:22 AM · 2.7 ft
- Ragged Rocks78
Bar · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 78
- Black sea bass 77
- Bluefish 76
3 kt NNWL 7:51 PM · 1.3 ftH 2:22 AM · 2.7 ft
- The Sandspit78
Bar · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 78
- Bluefish 76
- Atlantic cod 71
3 kt NNWL 7:51 PM · 1.3 ftH 2:22 AM · 2.7 ft
- Lazy Rocks78
Bar · 1.1 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 78
- Black sea bass 77
- Bluefish 76
3 kt NNWL 7:51 PM · 1.3 ftH 2:22 AM · 2.7 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.