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Best score today · 8 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 659 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.6 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
Tuesday, Sep 29 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
85Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 8 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 59°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
64Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: 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 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
Cod Cove
- Depth
- 4-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- 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 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, little tunny and black sea bass. It is peak season now for striped bass, little tunny, 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. Little tunny peak 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Birch Point83
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 83
- Black sea bass 75
- Little tunny 74
8 kt NWL 10:52 AM · 2.1 ftH 5:23 PM · 9.0 ft
- The Eddy81
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 81
- Little tunny 70
- Black sea bass 68
8 kt NWL 10:52 AM · 2.1 ftH 5:23 PM · 9.0 ft
- Cushman Cove81
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 81
- Little tunny 70
- Black sea bass 68
8 kt NWL 10:52 AM · 2.1 ftH 5:23 PM · 9.0 ft
- Seal Rock76
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 76
- Striped bass 76
- Atlantic cod 73
8 kt NWL 10:52 AM · 2.1 ftH 5:23 PM · 9.0 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.