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Winter flounderOff seasonBay · 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 · 7 PM · Winter flounder
- Now
- 354 PM ADT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low2.4 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 · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
42Tide: Low slackCurrent: 0.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 55°F, primeLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Winter flounder
Species seasonality
22Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Winter flounder 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 Winter flounder is best here
Out of season for Winter flounder · it leaves in 10 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Friar Roads
- Depth
- 100-130 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · slope
- Season
- Off seasonWinter flounder
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 Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for scup, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic cod and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog, summer flounder and mahi-mahi. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic bluefin tuna peak from July through October. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Winter flounder
- Winter flounder spend late winter and spring on mud and sand bottom in harbors, coves and tidal channels, often in 5 to 30 feet. Anchor, chum with crushed clams or mussels, and fish small long-shank hooks with worm or clam on the bottom, tapping the rig to stir up mud. The bite is light, so use a sensitive rod.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Clark Ledge66
Bar · 1.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 66
- Atlantic cod 65
- Black sea bass 64
4 kt NEH 10:27 PM · 18.0 ftL 4:48 AM · 1.1 ft
- Bucknam Head65
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic codPeak season- Atlantic cod 65
- Scup 65
- Black sea bass 63
4 kt NEH 10:27 PM · 18.0 ftL 4:48 AM · 1.1 ft
- Harris Cove61
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak season- Atlantic bluefin tuna 61
- Striped bass 61
- Atlantic cod 59
4 kt NEH 10:27 PM · 18.0 ftL 4:48 AM · 1.1 ft
- Crick Cove61
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak season- Atlantic bluefin tuna 61
- Striped bass 61
- Atlantic cod 58
4 kt NEH 10:27 PM · 18.0 ftL 4:48 AM · 1.1 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.