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Best score today · 2 PM · Haddock
- Now
- 4610 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb current
- Tide now
- Low1.2 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, Sep 26 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
91Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
18Wind: 15 kt NPressure: Falling fastWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 66°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
56Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Northwest Gutter
- Depth
- 3-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Northwest Gutter
Northwest Gutter is a gut in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 3-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and black sea bass. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, black sea bass and bluefish, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. 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.
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- 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
- Inner Harbor65
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 65
- Little tunny 63
- Scup 63
4 kt EH 3:22 AM · 2.7 ftL 9:05 AM · 1.1 ft
- Hadley Harbor65
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 65
- Little tunny 63
- Scup 63
4 kt EH 3:22 AM · 2.7 ftL 9:05 AM · 1.1 ft
- Middle Gate64
Gut · 0.7 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 64
- Scup 61
- Black sea bass 58
4 kt EH 3:22 AM · 2.7 ftL 9:05 AM · 1.1 ft
- East Gutter64
Gut · 0.7 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 64
- Scup 61
- Black sea bass 58
4 kt EH 3:22 AM · 2.7 ftL 9:05 AM · 1.1 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.