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Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak season

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Johnson Bay

44.86°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

82/100Great
Now
566 AM ADT
Best window
6-10 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding5.4 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 86

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 6 AM · now

Time6ANOW
Score56Good
Tide5.4 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood1.4 kn · toward W
Wind6 kn NEgusts 9 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 4 s
Air temp46°Cool
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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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

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Spot profile

Johnson Bay

Depth
30-45 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Johnson Bay

Johnson Bay is a bay in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth is 30-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

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

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    77
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    • Striped bass 77
    • Scup 67
    • Black sea bass 66

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  • Smalls Cove

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    77
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 77
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    • Scup 70

    4 kt NNEH 10:09 AM · 16.9 ftL 4:22 PM · 2.3 ft

  • Shackford Ledge

    Bar · 2.4 mi

    77
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 77
    • Atlantic cod 70
    • Scup 70

    4 kt NNEH 10:09 AM · 16.9 ftL 4:22 PM · 2.3 ft

  • Long Island Passage

    Channel · 2.5 mi

    73
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 73
    • Scup 64
    • Black sea bass 62

    6 kt NEH 10:39 AM · 15.1 ftL 5:00 PM · 2.3 ft

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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.