UPDATEDAUTO-REFRESH 5 MIN
HaddockShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
Best score today · 6 AM · Haddock
- Now
- 474 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High10.0 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
Notify me when Seal Rocks scores 75+
Checked every morning against the 14-day forecast. Free by push and email.
14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 3 kt WSWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 53°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
59Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Shoulder season for Haddock · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Seal Rocks
- Depth
- 2-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · ProtectedLedge · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Seal Rocks
Seal Rocks is a bar in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 2-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 9 species here; the best right now are tautog, Atlantic cod and striped bass. It is peak season now for tautog, and shoulder season for Atlantic cod, striped bass, haddock and little tunny. Tautog peak in May and from October through November. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October.
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.
- Tautog
- Tautog live in rocks, wrecks, bridge pilings and jetties and rarely stray from cover, usually in 10 to 60 feet inshore and deeper in late fall. Anchor so the bait sits in the structure, fish crab on a short rig or a tog jig, and set hard on the second tap before the fish pulls into the rocks. Clams and worms work better in cold spring water; hard crabs are the standard in fall.
- 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
- Halftide Rock66
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: TautogPeak season- Tautog 66
- Atlantic cod 57
- Striped bass 51
6 kt SSWL 10:21 PM · 0.1 ftH 4:47 AM · 8.8 ft
- Montsweag Bay62
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: TautogPeak season- Tautog 62
- Striped bass 56
- Atlantic cod 47
6 kt SSWL 10:21 PM · 0.1 ftH 4:47 AM · 8.8 ft
- McCarty Cove62
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: TautogPeak season- Tautog 62
- Striped bass 56
- Atlantic cod 48
6 kt SSWL 10:21 PM · 0.1 ftH 4:47 AM · 8.8 ft
- Bluff Head59
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Striped bassShoulder season- Striped bass 59
- Tautog 59
- Atlantic cod 50
6 kt SSWL 11:00 PM · 0.1 ftH 5:15 AM · 8.6 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.