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Best score today · 10 PM · Haddock
- Now
- 582 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.7 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, Sep 28 · 2 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 3 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 65°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
66Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: 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
Shaws Cove
- Depth
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Shaws Cove
Shaws Cove is a bay in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 2-10 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 striped bass. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, striped bass and bluefish, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Little tunny peak from September through October. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October.
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.
- 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
- Puppy Rocks70
Bar · 1.0 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 70
- Scup 70
- Atlantic cod 67
11 kt NEH 5:49 PM · 3.5 ftL 12:04 AM · 0.6 ft
- Brant Island Cove67
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 67
- Little tunny 64
- Striped bass 64
11 kt NEH 5:49 PM · 3.5 ftL 12:04 AM · 0.6 ft
- Little Bay66
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Bluefish 63
- Little tunny 63
11 kt NEH 5:49 PM · 3.4 ftL 12:02 AM · 0.7 ft
- Point May65
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 65
- Little tunny 65
- Atlantic cod 64
11 kt NEH 5:49 PM · 3.5 ftL 12:04 AM · 0.6 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.