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Best score today · 3 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 586 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.2 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 1 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
89Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
53Wind: 14 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
16Water temp: 65°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 6.2 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
81Season: 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
Juniper Point
- Depth
- 8-40 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · drop-off
- 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 Juniper Point
Juniper Point is a cape in Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts. Depth in the nearest water is 8-40 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and striped bass. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, striped bass 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. 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Red Ledge78
Bar · 0.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Little tunny 66
- Black sea bass 65
7 kt NEL 12:52 AM · 0.7 ftH 5:35 AM · 1.5 ft
- Parker Flats77
Flat · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 77
- Black sea bass 64
- Atlantic cod 63
7 kt NEL 12:52 AM · 0.7 ftH 5:35 AM · 1.5 ft
- Little Harbor76
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 76
- Little tunny 67
- Striped bass 67
7 kt NEL 1:30 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.2 ft
- Nonamesset Point69
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Scup 69
- Striped bass 68
7 kt NEL 1:30 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.2 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.