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Best score today · 12 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 775 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-10 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.0 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
94Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
66Wind: 3 kt SEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
91Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
95Season: 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Striped bass is best here
Peak season for Striped bass · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Kelsey Point
- Depth
- 20-50 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · drop-off
- 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 Kelsey Point
Kelsey Point is a cape in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 20-50 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, Atlantic cod 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. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October.
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.
- 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
- Bennett Neck77
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 77
- Scup 66
- Black sea bass 65
5 kt NH 7:50 AM · 7.6 ftL 1:46 PM · 2.2 ft
- Mears Cove74
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Atlantic cod 72
- Black sea bass 72
5 kt NH 7:50 AM · 7.6 ftL 1:46 PM · 2.2 ft
- Salt Marsh Cove74
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Scup 72
- Black sea bass 65
5 kt NH 7:50 AM · 7.6 ftL 1:46 PM · 2.2 ft
- Briar Cove74
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 74
- Scup 72
- Black sea bass 65
5 kt NH 7:50 AM · 7.6 ftL 1:46 PM · 2.2 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.