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Best score today · 12 AM · Bluefish
- Now
- 553 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-10 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low1.6 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 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
50Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
68Wind: 14 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 61°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Bluefish
Species seasonality
77Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Bluefish 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 Bluefish is best here
Peak season for Bluefish · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Buoy Rocks
- Depth
- 6-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonBluefish
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 Buoy Rocks
Buoy Rocks is a bar in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 6-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, bluefish and scup. It is peak season now for black sea bass, bluefish, scup and Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September. Scup peak from June through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
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- Smalley Bar55
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- Old Saw55
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- Striped bass 52
- Little tunny 50
14 kt NEH 9:06 AM · 8.7 ftL 3:14 PM · 2.2 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.