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Best score today · 12 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 5010 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing8.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
59Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
24Wind: 19 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
63Water temp: 64°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.4 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
80Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 yesterday
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
Lieutenant Island Bar
- Depth
- 15-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · 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 Lieutenant Island Bar
Lieutenant Island Bar is a bar in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 15-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are bluefish, scup and little tunny. It is peak season now for bluefish, scup, little tunny and Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September. Scup peak from June through September. Little tunny peak 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.
- 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.
- 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
- The Cove62
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Striped bass 58
- Bluefish 55
17 kt NEL 3:14 PM · 2.2 ftH 9:15 PM · 9.8 ft
- Wellfleet Harbor61
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 61
- Striped bass 58
- Black sea bass 55
19 kt NEL 3:14 PM · 2.2 ftH 9:15 PM · 9.8 ft
- Jeremy Point58
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 58
- Bluefish 55
- Little tunny 55
19 kt NEL 3:14 PM · 2.2 ftH 9:15 PM · 9.8 ft
- Smalley Bar55
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 55
- Scup 54
- Little tunny 53
19 kt NEL 3:14 PM · 2.2 ftH 9:15 PM · 9.8 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.