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Best score today · 7 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 691 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding4.7 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
86Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 10 kt NWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
43Light: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
88Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: 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 · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Collins Cove
- Depth
- 9-40 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Collins Cove
Collins Cove is a bay in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Depth in the nearest water is 9-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and haddock. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, haddock and Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Scup peak from June through September. Haddock peak from May through September.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Harriman Cove72
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Scup 68
- Haddock 67
10 kt NWH 4:42 PM · 10.1 ftL 11:29 PM · 1.6 ft
- Luce Cove72
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 72
- Scup 68
- Haddock 67
10 kt NWH 4:42 PM · 10.1 ftL 11:29 PM · 1.6 ft
- Eastern Channel69
Channel · 5.1 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 69
- Striped bass 69
- Scup 68
10 kt NWH 4:40 PM · 9.8 ftL 11:28 PM · 1.6 ft
- Duck Cove67
Bay · 3.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 67
- Striped bass 64
- Black sea bass 63
10 kt NWH 4:42 PM · 10.1 ftL 11:29 PM · 1.6 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.