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Best score today · 8 AM · Tautog
- Now
- 613 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding6.3 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
85Wind: 7 kt NNEPressure: Rising fastWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.5 ftSeason & habitat · Tautog
Species seasonality
70Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Tautog 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 Tautog is best here
Shoulder season for Tautog · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Cod Cove
- Depth
- 4-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonTautog
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 Cod Cove
Cod Cove is a bay in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 4-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and black sea bass. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, black sea bass and bluefish, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Scup peak from June through September. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September.
Tackle & technique
- Tautog
- Tautog live in rocks, wrecks, bridge pilings and jetties and rarely stray from cover, usually in 10 to 60 feet inshore and deeper in late fall. Anchor so the bait sits in the structure, fish crab on a short rig or a tog jig, and set hard on the second tap before the fish pulls into the rocks. Clams and worms work better in cold spring water; hard crabs are the standard in fall.
- 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.
- 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
- Birch Point82
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 82
- Scup 73
- Black sea bass 71
4 kt NH 5:15 AM · 8.1 ftL 10:52 AM · 2.1 ft
- The Eddy80
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 80
- Scup 70
- Black sea bass 64
4 kt NH 5:15 AM · 8.1 ftL 10:52 AM · 2.1 ft
- Cushman Cove80
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 80
- Scup 70
- Black sea bass 64
4 kt NH 5:15 AM · 8.1 ftL 10:52 AM · 2.1 ft
- Seal Rock75
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 75
- Scup 74
- Black sea bass 72
4 kt NH 5:15 AM · 8.1 ftL 10:52 AM · 2.1 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.