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Best score today · 6 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 622 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.6 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
96Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 63°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & 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 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
Middle Ledge
- Depth
- 20-30 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 Middle Ledge
Middle Ledge is a bar in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 20-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, Atlantic cod and scup. It is peak season now for black sea bass, Atlantic cod, scup and haddock, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Scup peak from June through 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Whale Rock67
Bar · 0.4 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 67
- Atlantic cod 66
- Scup 66
9 kt NEH 6:07 PM · 3.0 ftL 12:24 AM · 0.8 ft
- Pease Ledge67
Bar · 0.6 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 67
- Atlantic cod 66
- Scup 66
9 kt NEH 6:07 PM · 3.0 ftL 12:24 AM · 0.8 ft
- Cuttyhunk Harbor65
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 65
- Scup 64
- Little tunny 61
9 kt NEH 6:07 PM · 3.0 ftL 12:24 AM · 0.8 ft
- Middle Ground63
Bar · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic codPeak season- Atlantic cod 63
- Haddock 62
- Bluefish 61
9 kt NEH 4:53 PM · 3.0 ftL 11:08 PM · 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.