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Best score today · 6 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 643 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-8 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
76Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 7 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
95Water temp: 57°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
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 yesterday
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
Fish Head
- Depth
- 15-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Fish Head
Fish Head is a cape in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Depth is 15-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and bluefish. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, bluefish and black sea bass, 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. Bluefish peak from June through July and in 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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Young Point64
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 64
- Scup 56
- Bluefish 53
8 kt NNEH 8:33 AM · 8.3 ftL 2:32 PM · 1.8 ft
- Cross Island Ledge64
Bar · 0.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 64
- Black sea bass 60
- Atlantic cod 59
8 kt NNEH 8:33 AM · 8.3 ftL 2:32 PM · 1.8 ft
- Calderwood Rock63
Bar · 0.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 63
- Black sea bass 59
- Atlantic cod 58
8 kt NNEH 8:33 AM · 8.3 ftL 2:32 PM · 1.8 ft
- Fox Ears56
Bar · 0.6 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 56
- Atlantic cod 54
- Bluefish 54
8 kt NNEH 8:33 AM · 8.3 ftL 2:32 PM · 1.8 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.