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Best score today · 12 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 372 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low2.4 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
56Water temp: 64°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
49Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Broad Sound
- Depth
- 2-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Broad Sound
Broad Sound is a channel in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 2-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, scup and bluefish. It is peak season now for black sea bass, scup, bluefish and little tunny, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Scup peak from June through September. Bluefish 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Black Bank Channel50
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 50
- Scup 49
- Striped bass 46
11 kt NNEL 2:19 PM · 2.4 ftH 8:19 PM · 9.1 ft
- Calves Pasture Point49
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 49
- Striped bass 48
- Bluefish 47
11 kt NNEL 2:19 PM · 2.4 ftH 8:19 PM · 9.1 ft
- Moon Shoal49
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 49
- Atlantic cod 46
- Little tunny 46
11 kt NNEL 2:19 PM · 2.4 ftH 8:19 PM · 9.1 ft
- Eel Grass Cove48
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 48
- Bluefish 47
- Little tunny 45
11 kt NNEL 2:19 PM · 2.4 ftH 8:19 PM · 9.1 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.