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Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak seasonBay · Maine
Dunhams Cove
44.33°N · 68.49°W · Bay · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME
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Best score today · 6 PM · Atlantic bluefin tuna
- Now
- 6310 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing8.9 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 · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
32Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 56°F, coolLight: Bright sunSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Atlantic bluefin tuna
Species seasonality
98Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: Maine DMR · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Atlantic bluefin tuna is best here
Peak season for Atlantic bluefin tuna · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Dunhams Cove
- Depth
- 15-70 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 Dunhams Cove
Dunhams Cove is a bay in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth in the nearest water is 15-70 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 13 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 Atlantic bluefin tuna, and shoulder season for tautog, summer flounder and mahi-mahi. 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
- 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.
- 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
- Fogg Cove78
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Atlantic cod 68
- Black sea bass 67
6 kt NEL 3:21 PM · 1.4 ftH 9:27 PM · 10.1 ft
- Long Island Hub78
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Atlantic cod 68
- Black sea bass 67
6 kt NEL 3:21 PM · 1.4 ftH 9:27 PM · 10.1 ft
- Seal Cove76
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 76
- Striped bass 64
- Black sea bass 61
6 kt NEL 3:20 PM · 1.4 ftH 9:27 PM · 10.1 ft
- Closson Cove75
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 75
- Striped bass 63
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 60
6 kt NEL 3:21 PM · 1.4 ftH 9:27 PM · 10.1 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.