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Best score today · 6 PM · Scup
- Now
- 672 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.4 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
91Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 10 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 58°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Striped bass is best here
Peak season for Striped bass · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Fish Point
- Depth
- 9-40 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · drop-off
- 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 Fish Point
Fish Point is a cape in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 9-40 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, Atlantic cod and black sea bass, 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. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October.
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.
- 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
- Thurston Point67
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 67
- Scup 61
- Atlantic cod 59
6 kt NNEH 8:42 AM · 7.7 ftL 2:37 PM · 1.8 ft
- Pemaquid Harbor66
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 66
- Scup 60
- Black sea bass 58
6 kt NNEH 8:42 AM · 7.7 ftL 2:37 PM · 1.8 ft
- Knowles Rocks62
Bar · 0.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Black sea bass 60
- Striped bass 60
6 kt NNEH 8:42 AM · 7.7 ftL 2:37 PM · 1.8 ft
- Pollock Rock62
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 62
- Atlantic cod 60
- Black sea bass 60
6 kt NNEH 8:42 AM · 7.7 ftL 2:37 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.