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Best score today · 5 PM · Haddock
- Now
- 638 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding7.3 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 58°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.7 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
85Season: 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 Maine DMR before you keep a fish.
Source: Maine DMR · synced yesterday
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
Blacksmithshop Ledge
- Depth
- 10-60 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · ProtectedLedge · 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 Blacksmithshop Ledge
Blacksmithshop Ledge is a bar in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 10-60 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, Atlantic cod and black sea bass. It is peak season now for scup, Atlantic cod, black sea bass and striped bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Goose Rock79
Bar · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 79
- Atlantic cod 69
- Black sea bass 69
6 kt NNEH 9:01 AM · 7.7 ftL 2:55 PM · 1.8 ft
- Riggs Cove78
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Black sea bass 69
- Atlantic cod 68
6 kt NNEH 9:01 AM · 7.7 ftL 2:55 PM · 1.8 ft
- Newdick Point78
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Striped bass 72
- Atlantic cod 69
6 kt NNEH 9:01 AM · 7.7 ftL 2:55 PM · 1.8 ft
- Campbell Cove75
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 75
- Striped bass 69
- Black sea bass 61
6 kt NNEH 9:01 AM · 7.7 ftL 2:55 PM · 1.8 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 Maine DMR before you keep a fish.