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Best score today · 9 AM · Scup
- Now
- 767 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding8.1 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, Oct 3 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
93Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 6 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
91Water temp: 58°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 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 Atlantic cod, 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 Rock80
Bar · 1.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 80
- Black sea bass 70
- Atlantic cod 68
6 kt NNWH 7:59 PM · 8.5 ftL 2:31 AM · 1.3 ft
- Knowles Rocks80
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 80
- Black sea bass 70
- Atlantic cod 68
6 kt NNWH 7:59 PM · 8.5 ftL 2:31 AM · 1.3 ft
- Davis Point79
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 79
- Black sea bass 69
- Atlantic cod 68
6 kt NNWH 7:59 PM · 8.5 ftL 2:31 AM · 1.3 ft
- Fish Point79
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 79
- Black sea bass 69
- Striped bass 68
6 kt NNWH 7:59 PM · 8.5 ftL 2:31 AM · 1.3 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.