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Best score today · 6 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 826 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-7 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding4.0 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
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Conditions · 6 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
89Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
100Light: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
88Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here
Peak season for Striped bass · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Clay Cove
- Depth
- 7-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonStriped bass
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 Clay Cove
Clay Cove is a bay in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 7-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, little tunny and scup. It is peak season now for striped bass, little tunny, scup and bluefish, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through September.
Tackle & technique
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- 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.
- 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
- Shipyard Point89
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 89
- Little tunny 78
- Bluefish 73
5 kt NNWH 7:30 AM · 4.6 ftL 1:59 PM · 1.1 ft
- Southard Point85
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 85
- Little tunny 78
- Bluefish 72
5 kt NNWH 7:30 AM · 4.6 ftL 1:59 PM · 1.1 ft
- Hatch Point85
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 85
- Little tunny 78
- Bluefish 72
5 kt NNWH 7:30 AM · 4.6 ftL 1:59 PM · 1.1 ft
- Wade Cove82
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 82
- Little tunny 75
- Scup 75
5 kt NNWH 7:30 AM · 4.6 ftL 1:59 PM · 1.1 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.