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Best score today · 12 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 572 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-11 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.5 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
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
82Wind: 10 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 57°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
78Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Foster Point
- Depth
- 20-90 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · drop-off
- 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 Foster Point
Foster Point is a cape in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 20-90 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, Atlantic cod and black sea bass. It is peak season now for striped bass, Atlantic cod, black sea bass and scup, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and 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.
- 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
- Clifford Point67
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 67
- Atlantic cod 60
- Black sea bass 60
6 kt NNEL 2:36 AM · 1.3 ftH 8:45 AM · 7.8 ft
- Farnham Point67
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 67
- Scup 61
- Atlantic cod 60
6 kt NNEL 2:36 AM · 1.3 ftH 8:45 AM · 7.8 ft
- Christmas Cove60
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic codPeak season- Atlantic cod 60
- Black sea bass 60
- Scup 60
6 kt NNEL 2:36 AM · 1.3 ftH 8:45 AM · 7.8 ft
- Thread of Life Ledges60
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic codPeak season- Atlantic cod 60
- Black sea bass 60
- Scup 60
6 kt NNEL 2:36 AM · 1.3 ftH 8:45 AM · 7.8 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.