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Best score today · 12 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 423 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.4 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 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 9 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
36Water temp: 61°F, hotLight: MorningSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
48Season: 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 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
Common Flat
- Depth
- 3-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Flat · Inner · Semi-exposedFlat · 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 Common Flat
Common Flat is a flat in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. Depth is 3-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads flat, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, scup and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for black sea bass, scup, Atlantic cod and bluefish, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic cod 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.
- 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
- Chatham Roads56
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 56
- Black sea bass 55
- Striped bass 50
15 kt NNEH 9:00 PM · 4.2 ftL 2:58 AM · 0.9 ft
- Blue Bill Hole54
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 54
- Bluefish 49
- Black sea bass 48
15 kt NNEH 9:00 PM · 4.2 ftL 2:58 AM · 0.9 ft
- Blue Bill Hole50
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 50
- Bluefish 47
- Striped bass 47
19 kt NNEH 9:00 PM · 4.2 ftL 2:58 AM · 0.9 ft
- Salls Drain50
Gut · 1.6 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 50
- Scup 50
- Striped bass 48
19 kt NNEH 9:00 PM · 4.2 ftL 2:58 AM · 0.9 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.