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Little tunnyPeak season

Cape · Maine

Ruth Point

44.88°N · 67.11°W · Cape · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME

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Best score today · 6 PM · Little tunny

84/100Great
Now
504 AM EDT
Best window
6-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Low2.2 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 88

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 4 AM · now

Time4ANOW
Score50Good
Tide2.2 ftLow
CurrentFlood0.4 kn · toward W
Wind4 kn NNEgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 6 s
Air temp45°Cool
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water54°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Little tunny 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 Little tunny is best here

Peak season for Little tunny · 4 more weeks at peak

Little tunny season by week of the year. Peak season for Little tunny · 4 more weeks at peak.
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Spot profile

Ruth Point

Depth
20-45 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
Season
Peak seasonLittle tunny

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 Ruth Point

Ruth Point is a cape in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth in the nearest water is 20-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

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

Tackle & technique

Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
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.

Nearby spots

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    63
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 63
    • Scup 57
    • Atlantic bluefin tuna 53

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  • Mahar Point

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    63
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 63
    • Atlantic cod 59
    • Scup 59

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  • Cobscook Falls

    Channel · 0.8 mi

    61
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 61
    • Atlantic cod 60
    • Scup 59

    4 kt NNEH 9:39 AM · 15.1 ftL 4:00 PM · 2.3 ft

  • Raft Cove

    Bay · 1.1 mi

    61
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 61
    • Scup 57
    • Atlantic bluefin tuna 53

    5 kt NEH 10:08 AM · 15.9 ftL 4:35 PM · 1.7 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.