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Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak seasonBar · Maine
Herseys Upper Ledge
44.93°N · 67.15°W · Bar · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME
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Best score today · 7 PM · Atlantic bluefin tuna
- Now
- 571 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing6.7 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 · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 3 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
50Water temp: 54°F, coolLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Atlantic bluefin tuna
Species seasonality
97Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
Herseys Upper Ledge
- Depth
- 10-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · ProtectedLedge · slope
- 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 Herseys Upper Ledge
Herseys Upper Ledge is a bar in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth is 10-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 13 species here; the best right now are striped bass, Atlantic cod and bluefish. It is peak season now for striped bass, Atlantic cod, bluefish and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog, summer flounder and mahi-mahi. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Bluefish 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.
- 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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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.