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Striped bassPeak seasonBay · Maine
Long Cove
44.14°N · 68.43°W · Bay · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME
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Best score today · 6 PM · Striped bass
- Now
- 543 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low1.4 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 · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
14Tide: Low slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
67Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
63Water temp: 57°F, primeLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.7 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: Maine DMR · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Striped bass is best here
Peak season for Striped bass · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Long Cove
- Depth
- 5-15 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 Long Cove
Long Cove is a bay in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth is 5-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 13 species here; the best right now are Atlantic bluefin tuna, scup and striped bass. It is peak season now for Atlantic bluefin tuna, scup, striped bass and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog, summer flounder and mahi-mahi. Atlantic bluefin tuna peak from July through October. Scup peak from June through September. 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Gooseberry Island Ledge61
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak season- Atlantic bluefin tuna 61
- Scup 61
- Atlantic cod 60
6 kt NEH 9:17 PM · 9.5 ftL 3:44 AM · 0.6 ft
- Sheriff Ledge61
Bar · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak season- Atlantic bluefin tuna 61
- Scup 61
- Atlantic cod 60
6 kt NEH 9:17 PM · 9.5 ftL 3:44 AM · 0.6 ft
- Burnt Coat Harbor59
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic bluefin tunaPeak season- Atlantic bluefin tuna 59
- Scup 59
- Black sea bass 57
6 kt NEH 9:17 PM · 9.5 ftL 3:44 AM · 0.6 ft
- City Point59
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 59
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 58
- Striped bass 57
6 kt NEH 9:17 PM · 9.5 ftL 3:44 AM · 0.6 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.