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Best score today · 12 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 633 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.1 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
37Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 6 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
65Water temp: 61°F, coolLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
98Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Little tunny 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 Little tunny is best here
Peak season for Little tunny · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Squirrel Point
- Depth
- 6-70 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonLittle tunny
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 Squirrel Point
Squirrel Point is a cape in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth in the nearest water is 6-70 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, Atlantic cod and black sea bass. It is peak season now for scup, Atlantic cod, black sea bass and striped 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. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Seal Rocks72
Bar · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Black sea bass 67
- Atlantic cod 66
6 kt NH 8:30 PM · 7.7 ftL 3:03 AM · 1.2 ft
- Weasel Point71
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 71
- Atlantic cod 66
- Black sea bass 66
6 kt NH 8:30 PM · 7.7 ftL 3:03 AM · 1.2 ft
- Drummore Bay68
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Striped bass 63
- Little tunny 61
6 kt NH 8:30 PM · 7.7 ftL 3:03 AM · 1.2 ft
- Bald Head64
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 64
- Little tunny 63
- Scup 63
6 kt NH 8:30 PM · 7.7 ftL 3:03 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.