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Striped bassPeak season

Bay · Maine

Friar Roads

44.90°N · 66.97°W · Bay · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME

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Best score today · 6 PM · Striped bass

76/100Great
Now
5610 AM ADT
Best window
6-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
High16.9 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 79

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 AM · now

Time10ANOW
Score56Good
Tide16.9 ftHigh
CurrentFlood0.5 kn · toward SSW
Wind4 kn NNEgusts 11 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 4 s
Air temp51°Cool
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water55°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Striped bass 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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Source: Maine DMR · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Striped bass is best here

Peak season for Striped bass · 4 more weeks at peak

Striped bass season by week of the year. Peak season for Striped bass · 4 more weeks at peak.
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Spot profile

Friar Roads

Depth
100-130 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · slope
Season
Peak seasonStriped bass

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 Friar Roads

Friar Roads is a bay in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth is 100-130 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.

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

Tackle & technique

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.
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 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.

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  • Harris Cove

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  • Crick Cove

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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.