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Best score today · 12 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 422 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
72Wind: 9 kt SWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
36Water temp: 64°F, hotLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
61Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
The Cove
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 The Cove
The Cove is a bay in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 2-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, bluefish and black sea bass. It is peak season now for scup, bluefish, black sea bass and little tunny, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Bluefish peak from June through July and in 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Mussel Point49
Cape · 0.3 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
- Horseshoe Shoal49
Bar · 0.4 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
- Green Point49
Cape · 0.9 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 · 1.1 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
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.