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Best score today · 4 AM · Tautog
- Now
- 422 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High3.4 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 10 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 7 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
47Water temp: 65°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Tautog
Species seasonality
74Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Tautog 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 Tautog is best here
Shoulder season for Tautog · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Nasketucket Bay
- Depth
- 20-25 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonTautog
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 Nasketucket Bay
Nasketucket Bay is a bay in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 20-25 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and bluefish. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, bluefish and black sea bass, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Scup peak from June through September. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September.
Tackle & technique
- Tautog
- Tautog live in rocks, wrecks, bridge pilings and jetties and rarely stray from cover, usually in 10 to 60 feet inshore and deeper in late fall. Anchor so the bait sits in the structure, fish crab on a short rig or a tog jig, and set hard on the second tap before the fish pulls into the rocks. Clams and worms work better in cold spring water; hard crabs are the standard in fall.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Seal Island Rocks76
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 76
- Black sea bass 61
- Atlantic cod 57
6 kt NWL 8:04 PM · 1.2 ftH 2:27 AM · 2.9 ft
- North Cove73
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 73
- Little tunny 56
- Bluefish 55
6 kt NWL 7:23 PM · 1.1 ftH 2:31 AM · 2.7 ft
- Round Cove73
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 73
- Little tunny 56
- Bluefish 55
6 kt NWL 7:23 PM · 1.1 ftH 2:31 AM · 2.7 ft
- North Point67
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 67
- Little tunny 60
- Bluefish 55
6 kt NWL 8:04 PM · 1.2 ftH 2:27 AM · 2.9 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.