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Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak season

Bay · Maine

Latty Cove

44.26°N · 68.41°W · Bay · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME

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Best score today · 11 PM · Atlantic bluefin tuna

82/100Great
Now
582 PM EDT
Best window
11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.7 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 2 PM · now

Time2PNOW
Score58Good
Tide1.7 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentSlack0.0 kn
Wind6 kn NEgusts 17 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.3 ft · 5 s
Air temp63°Mild
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water57°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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When Atlantic bluefin tuna is best here

Peak season for Atlantic bluefin tuna · 5 more weeks at peak

Atlantic bluefin tuna season by week of the year. Peak season for Atlantic bluefin tuna · 5 more weeks at peak.
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Atlantic bluefin tuna in Maine

Spot profile

Latty Cove

Depth
1-30 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Latty Cove

Latty Cove is a bay in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth is 1-30 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 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. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October.

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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Dix Point

    Cape · 0.5 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic codPeak season
    • Atlantic cod 65
    • Black sea bass 64
    • Scup 62

    6 kt NEH 9:22 PM · 9.9 ftL 3:11 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Eastern Passage

    Channel · 1.4 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic codPeak season
    • Atlantic cod 65
    • Black sea bass 64
    • Atlantic bluefin tuna 61

    6 kt NEH 9:22 PM · 9.9 ftL 3:11 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Goose Cove

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    60
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 60
    • Atlantic bluefin tuna 58
    • Striped bass 58

    6 kt NEH 9:22 PM · 9.9 ftL 3:11 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Duck Cove

    Bay · 1.4 mi

    60
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 60
    • Atlantic bluefin tuna 58
    • Striped bass 58

    6 kt NEH 9:22 PM · 9.9 ftL 3:11 AM · 0.7 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.