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Best score today · 6 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 459 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.3 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, Sep 27 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
90Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
72Wind: 14 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
25Water temp: 62°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 7.7 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
74Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Little Beach
- Depth
- 2-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · 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 Little Beach
Little Beach is a bar in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. Depth is 2-6 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 Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for bluefish, scup, Atlantic cod 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. 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.
- 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
- Edgartown Harbor58
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 58
- Striped bass 53
- Bluefish 51
11 kt NEH 9:45 PM · 2.4 ftL 3:18 AM · 0.4 ft
- Middle Ground52
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 52
- Scup 51
- Atlantic cod 48
11 kt NEH 9:45 PM · 2.4 ftL 3:18 AM · 0.4 ft
- Middle Flats51
Flat · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 51
- Striped bass 47
- Bluefish 45
11 kt NEH 9:45 PM · 2.4 ftL 3:18 AM · 0.4 ft
- Sturgeon Flats51
Flat · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 51
- Striped bass 47
- Bluefish 45
11 kt NEH 9:45 PM · 2.4 ftL 3:18 AM · 0.4 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.