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Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak season

Bay · Maine

Crick Cove

44.92°N · 67.00°W · Bay · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME

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Best score today · 7 PM · Atlantic bluefin tuna

83/100Great
Now
614 PM ADT
Best window
6-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Low2.4 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 86

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 4 PM · now

Time4PNOW
Score61Good
Tide2.4 ftLow
CurrentEbb1.8 kn · toward SE
Wind4 kn NEgusts 14 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 4 s
Air temp62°Mild
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water55°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Atlantic bluefin tuna is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with Maine DMR before you keep a fish.

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When Atlantic bluefin tuna is best here

Peak season for Atlantic bluefin tuna · 5 more weeks at peak

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Spot profile

Crick Cove

Depth
4-50 ftNearest water
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · drop-off
Season
Peak seasonAtlantic bluefin tuna

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 Crick Cove

Crick Cove is a bay in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth in the nearest water is 4-50 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 13 species here; the best right now are Atlantic bluefin tuna, striped bass and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for Atlantic bluefin tuna, striped bass, Atlantic cod and scup, and shoulder season for tautog, summer flounder and mahi-mahi. Atlantic bluefin tuna peak from July through October. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Atlantic bluefin tuna
Bluefin tuna follow schools of herring, mackerel, sand eels and menhaden over banks, ledges and shoals, mostly in the top 150 feet. Troll spreader bars and daisy chains to find fish, then switch to live bait, chunks or stick baits once a school is located. Heavy tackle and a NOAA HMS permit are required, and size-class limits change through the season.
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.
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.

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  • Johnson Cove

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    • Atlantic bluefin tuna 61
    • Striped bass 61
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  • Carrying Place Cove

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    61
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    • Striped bass 61
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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.