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Best score today · 8 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 691 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.2 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 19 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
89Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
87Season: 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 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
Johns Bay
- Depth
- 90-110 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Johns Bay
Johns Bay is a bay in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 90-110 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and haddock. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, haddock 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. Haddock peak from May 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Davis Point79
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 79
- Scup 70
- Black sea bass 68
2 kt ENEH 4:54 AM · 7.6 ftL 10:44 AM · 2.0 ft
- Fish Point79
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 79
- Scup 70
- Black sea bass 68
2 kt ENEH 4:54 AM · 7.6 ftL 10:44 AM · 2.0 ft
- Pollock Rock72
Bar · 1.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Scup 71
- Black sea bass 69
2 kt ENEH 4:54 AM · 7.6 ftL 10:44 AM · 2.0 ft
- Knowles Rocks72
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Scup 71
- Black sea bass 69
2 kt ENEH 4:54 AM · 7.6 ftL 10:44 AM · 2.0 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.