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Best score today · 9 AM · Scup
- Now
- 725 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding4.9 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
97Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
82Wind: 5 kt WSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
99Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
69Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: Out of 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 yesterday
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, striped bass and haddock. It is peak season now for scup, striped bass, haddock and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. 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.
- 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.
- 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 Point78
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 78
- Scup 74
- Atlantic cod 73
5 kt NH 7:50 AM · 7.4 ftL 1:41 PM · 2.1 ft
- Fish Point78
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 78
- Scup 74
- Atlantic cod 72
5 kt NH 7:50 AM · 7.4 ftL 1:41 PM · 2.1 ft
- Pollock Rock75
Bar · 1.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 75
- Atlantic cod 73
- Black sea bass 73
5 kt NH 7:50 AM · 7.4 ftL 1:41 PM · 2.1 ft
- Knowles Rocks75
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 75
- Atlantic cod 73
- Black sea bass 73
5 kt NH 7:50 AM · 7.4 ftL 1:41 PM · 2.1 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.