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Best score today · 6 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 644 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.0 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 5 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
58Water temp: 65°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
73Season: 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 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
Mendells Rocks
- Depth
- 7-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-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 Mendells Rocks
Mendells Rocks is a bar in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 7-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, black sea bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for scup, black sea bass, bluefish and Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Sippican Harbor75
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 75
- Little tunny 72
- Scup 71
6 kt NNEH 5:32 AM · 3.5 ftL 11:01 AM · 1.0 ft
- Seal Rocks73
Bar · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 73
- Bluefish 72
- Black sea bass 71
6 kt NNEH 5:32 AM · 3.5 ftL 11:01 AM · 1.0 ft
- Charles Neck Point72
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Little tunny 69
- Bluefish 68
6 kt NNEH 5:32 AM · 3.5 ftL 11:01 AM · 1.0 ft
- Aucoot Cove70
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 70
- Striped bass 64
- Bluefish 62
6 kt NNEH 5:20 AM · 3.3 ftL 11:11 AM · 0.9 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.