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HaddockPeak seasonBay · Maine
Loring Cove
45.02°N · 67.08°W · Bay · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME
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Best score today · 7 PM · Haddock
- Now
- 515 AM ADT
- Best window
- 7-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.6 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
41Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 4 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
4Water temp: 54°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
85Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Haddock 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 Haddock is best here
Peak season for Haddock · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Loring Cove
- Depth
- 3-50 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonHaddock
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 Loring Cove
Loring Cove is a bay in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth is 3-50 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 13 species here; the best right now are scup, Atlantic cod and striped bass. It is peak season now for scup, Atlantic cod, striped bass and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog, summer flounder and mahi-mahi. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Haddock
- Haddock feed on gravel, sand and clay bottom along the edges of banks and ledges, mostly in 120 to 400 feet. They have small, soft mouths, so fish clam or squid on small hooks on a high-low rig, or a light jig with teasers, right on the bottom. Set the hook gently and keep steady pressure on the way up.
- 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 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Lewis Cove62
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 62
- Scup 61
- Black sea bass 53
4 kt NNEH 10:13 AM · 17.9 ftL 4:29 PM · 2.1 ft
- Mill Cove62
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 62
- Scup 61
- Black sea bass 53
4 kt NNEH 10:13 AM · 17.9 ftL 4:29 PM · 2.1 ft
- Passamaquoddy Bay60
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 60
- Striped bass 53
- Atlantic cod 52
4 kt NNEH 10:23 AM · 17.0 ftL 4:41 PM · 2.6 ft
- Gleason Point60
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 60
- Scup 57
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 51
4 kt NNEH 10:23 AM · 17.0 ftL 4:41 PM · 2.6 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.