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Best score today · 9 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 6512 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.2 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
86Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
45Water temp: 58°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.7 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
78Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Haddock 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 Haddock is best here
Peak season for Haddock · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Pulpit Rock
- Depth
- 3-35 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonHaddock
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 Pulpit Rock
Pulpit Rock is a bar in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 3-35 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, Atlantic cod and tautog. It is peak season now for black sea bass, Atlantic cod, little tunny and bluefish, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Tautog peak in May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Spring Cove70
Bay · 0.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 70
- Little tunny 66
- Black sea bass 64
6 kt NL 1:44 PM · 2.2 ftH 8:02 PM · 8.5 ft
- Boat Cove70
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 70
- Little tunny 66
- Black sea bass 64
6 kt NL 1:44 PM · 2.2 ftH 8:02 PM · 8.5 ft
- Zeb Cove70
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 70
- Little tunny 66
- Black sea bass 64
6 kt NL 1:44 PM · 2.2 ftH 8:02 PM · 8.5 ft
- Whale Back67
Bar · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Atlantic cod 66
- Bluefish 66
6 kt NL 1:44 PM · 2.2 ftH 8:02 PM · 8.5 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.