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Best score today · 6 PM · Atlantic cod
- Now
- 6011 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 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 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
93Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 62°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Atlantic cod
Species seasonality
85Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Atlantic cod 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 Atlantic cod is best here
Peak season for Atlantic cod · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Kill Pond Bar
- Depth
- 7-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonAtlantic cod
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 Kill Pond Bar
Kill Pond Bar is a bar in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. Depth is 7-15 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 striped bass, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September. Scup peak from June through September. Little tunny peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
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Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Bluefish 71
- Little tunny 69
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- Grand Cove71
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Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 71
- Bluefish 66
- Striped bass 66
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- Davis Beach70
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 70
- Little tunny 67
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- Dogfish Bar68
Bar · 1.7 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 68
- Little tunny 65
- Scup 65
7 kt NEL 4:20 AM · 0.5 ftH 10:40 AM · 2.4 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.