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Best score today · 8 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 627 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.0 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
68Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 7 kt ENEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 65°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
78Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Middle Ground
- Depth
- 20-60 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · 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 Middle Ground
Middle Ground is a bar in Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts. Depth is 20-60 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bar, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, black sea bass and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for scup, black sea bass, Atlantic cod and little tunny, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Scup peak from June through September. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Norton Point79
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 79
- Little tunny 74
- Bluefish 68
7 kt SEL 11:59 PM · 0.6 ftH 4:21 AM · 1.7 ft
- Kuffies Point73
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 73
- Scup 71
- Little tunny 68
7 kt SEL 1:12 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:25 AM · 1.5 ft
- Flat Point72
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Scup 70
- Little tunny 67
7 kt SEL 1:12 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:25 AM · 1.5 ft
- Hullman Point72
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Scup 70
- Little tunny 67
7 kt SEL 1:12 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:25 AM · 1.5 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.