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Best score today · 7 PM · Scup
- Now
- 807 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding7.9 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 · 3 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
91Wind: 11 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
76Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Triangles
- Depth
- 35-70 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 Triangles
Triangles is a bar in Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay. Depth is 35-70 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bar, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, Atlantic cod and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Little tunny peak from September through October. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- Atlantic cod
- Cod hold near coarse, rocky bottom on ledges, banks and wrecks, commonly from 80 to 300 feet in the Gulf of Maine. Drift over the structure with a diamond or cod jig and a teaser fly above it, keeping the jig within a few feet of bottom, or fish clams on a high-low rig. Check the stock area and season before keeping one, because most of the year cod must be released.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Murray Rock81
Bar · 0.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 81
- Black sea bass 71
- Little tunny 71
9 kt NNEH 8:05 PM · 8.4 ftL 2:31 AM · 1.3 ft
- York Ledge81
Bar · 1.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 81
- Little tunny 72
- Black sea bass 71
9 kt NNEH 8:00 PM · 8.3 ftL 2:45 AM · 1.3 ft
- Moores Rock77
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 77
- Black sea bass 68
- Little tunny 68
0 kt WH 8:05 PM · 8.4 ftL 2:31 AM · 1.3 ft
- Seapoint71
Cape · 2.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 71
- Striped bass 70
- Scup 68
0 kt WH 8:05 PM · 8.4 ftL 2:31 AM · 1.3 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.