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Winter flounderOff seasonCape · Maine
Stewart Head
44.31°N · 68.43°W · Cape · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME
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Best score today · 5 PM · Winter flounder
- Now
- 339 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High9.0 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 · 9 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
23Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 6 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 56°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Winter flounder
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Winter flounder 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 Winter flounder is best here
Out of season for Winter flounder · it leaves in 10 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Stewart Head
- Depth
- 20-130 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · drop-off
- Season
- Off seasonWinter flounder
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 Stewart Head
Stewart Head is a cape in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth in the nearest water is 20-130 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, 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 Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for tautog, mahi-mahi and summer flounder. 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
- Winter flounder
- Winter flounder spend late winter and spring on mud and sand bottom in harbors, coves and tidal channels, often in 5 to 30 feet. Anchor, chum with crushed clams or mussels, and fish small long-shank hooks with worm or clam on the bottom, tapping the rig to stir up mud. The bite is light, so use a sensitive rod.
- 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 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Merman Ledge75
Bar · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 75
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 62
- Atlantic cod 60
6 kt NNEL 2:42 PM · 1.4 ftH 9:18 PM · 10.2 ft
- Stewart Cove74
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 62
- Atlantic cod 60
6 kt NNEL 2:42 PM · 1.4 ftH 9:22 PM · 9.9 ft
- Somes Cove74
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 62
- Atlantic cod 60
6 kt NNEL 2:42 PM · 1.4 ftH 9:18 PM · 10.2 ft
- Sawyers Cove72
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Atlantic bluefin tuna 59
- Striped bass 59
6 kt NNEL 2:42 PM · 1.4 ftH 9:22 PM · 9.9 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.