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Best score today · 5 PM · Bluefish
- Now
- 653 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.6 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
78Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 6 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 61°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
70Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Pitchpine Ledges
- Depth
- 15-25 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · flat bottom
- 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 Pitchpine Ledges
Pitchpine Ledges is a bar in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 15-25 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, Atlantic cod and little tunny. It is peak season now for scup, Atlantic cod, little tunny and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Little tunny peak from September through October.
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.
- 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Small Point Harbor72
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Black sea bass 68
- Striped bass 65
6 kt NH 8:11 PM · 8.1 ftL 2:33 AM · 1.2 ft
- Newbury Point67
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 67
- Little tunny 66
- Scup 65
6 kt NH 8:03 PM · 8.5 ftL 2:33 AM · 1.3 ft
- Sister Point67
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 67
- Little tunny 66
- Scup 65
6 kt NH 8:03 PM · 8.5 ftL 2:33 AM · 1.3 ft
- Mill Point66
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 66
- Little tunny 65
- Scup 65
6 kt NH 8:11 PM · 8.1 ftL 2:33 AM · 1.2 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.