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Best score today · 8 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 757 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing7.0 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, Sep 21 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
92Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 8 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.5 ftSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
85Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Peak season for Scup · 1 more week 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 seasonScup
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 scup, black sea bass and haddock. It is peak season now for scup, black sea bass, haddock and little tunny, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Haddock peak from May through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- 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
- Pollock Rock81
Bar · 1.1 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 81
- Scup 79
- Atlantic cod 78
8 kt NWL 11:34 PM · 1.4 ftH 5:51 AM · 7.4 ft
- Knowles Rocks81
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 81
- Scup 79
- Atlantic cod 78
8 kt NWL 11:34 PM · 1.4 ftH 5:51 AM · 7.4 ft
- Davis Point80
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 80
- Striped bass 79
- Atlantic cod 78
8 kt NWL 11:34 PM · 1.4 ftH 5:51 AM · 7.4 ft
- Fish Point80
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 80
- Striped bass 79
- Atlantic cod 78
8 kt NWL 11:34 PM · 1.4 ftH 5:51 AM · 7.4 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.