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Best score today · 5 PM · Scup
- Now
- 743 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.6 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
86Wind: 1 kt WPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 60°F, primeLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
87Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Briar Cove
- Depth
- 20-45 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonScup
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 Briar Cove
Briar Cove is a bay in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth in the nearest water is 20-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, black sea bass and haddock. It is peak season now for scup, black sea bass, haddock and little tunny, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Haddock peak from May through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Glidden Ledge77
Bar · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 77
- Black sea bass 75
- Atlantic cod 73
1 kt WH 6:02 PM · 8.6 ftL 12:40 AM · 1.6 ft
- Mears Cove76
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 76
- Black sea bass 74
- Atlantic cod 73
1 kt WH 6:02 PM · 8.6 ftL 12:40 AM · 1.6 ft
- Fitch Cove74
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Black sea bass 67
- Haddock 65
1 kt WH 6:02 PM · 8.6 ftL 12:40 AM · 1.6 ft
- Fitch Point69
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Scup 68
- Striped bass 68
1 kt WH 6:02 PM · 8.6 ftL 12:40 AM · 1.6 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.