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Best score today · 8 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 633 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.4 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 8 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
53Water temp: 65°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
71Season: 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
Mishaum Ledge
- Depth
- 25-30 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · ExposedLedge · 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 Mishaum Ledge
Mishaum Ledge is a bar in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 25-30 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are bluefish, scup and black sea bass. It is peak season now for bluefish, scup, black sea bass and striped bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September. 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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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
- Barneys Joy Point75
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 75
- Little tunny 70
- Bluefish 69
5 kt NH 5:19 AM · 2.9 ftL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ft
- Mishaum Point75
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 75
- Little tunny 70
- Bluefish 69
5 kt NH 5:19 AM · 2.9 ftL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ft
- Slocums River72
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Bluefish 69
- Scup 68
5 kt NH 5:19 AM · 2.9 ftL 11:13 AM · 0.7 ft
- Chickadee Ledge71
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 71
- Scup 71
- Black sea bass 69
5 kt NH 5:05 AM · 2.9 ftL 11:00 AM · 0.7 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.