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Best score today · 12 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 517 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding7.7 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
65Water temp: 59°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
52Season: 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 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
Wellfleet Harbor
- Depth
- 10-30 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Wellfleet Harbor
Wellfleet Harbor is a bay in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. Depth is 10-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, black sea bass and striped bass. It is peak season now for scup, black sea bass, striped bass and little tunny, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Buoy Rocks72
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Black sea bass 66
- Atlantic cod 62
17 kt NNEH 8:13 AM · 8.4 ftL 2:19 PM · 2.5 ft
- Jeremy Point65
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 65
- Little tunny 64
- Scup 63
17 kt NNEH 8:13 AM · 8.4 ftL 2:19 PM · 2.5 ft
- Smalley Bar63
Bar · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 63
- Bluefish 62
- Little tunny 61
17 kt NNEH 8:13 AM · 8.4 ftL 2:19 PM · 2.5 ft
- Lieutenant Island Bar63
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 63
- Bluefish 62
- Little tunny 61
17 kt NNEH 8:13 AM · 8.4 ftL 2:19 PM · 2.5 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.