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Best score today · 6 AM · Scup
- Now
- 289 PM EST
- Best window
- 9-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.9 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
Thursday, Nov 5 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
28Wind: 18 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 54°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.5 ftSeason & habitat · Scup
Species seasonality
42Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Scup 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 Scup is best here
Out of season for Scup · it leaves next week
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Inner Breakers
- Depth
- 30-80 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · drop-off
- Season
- Off seasonScup
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 Inner Breakers
Inner Breakers is a bar in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Depth is 30-80 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bar, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 9 species here; the best right now are Atlantic cod, tautog and striped bass. It is peak season now for tautog, and shoulder season for Atlantic cod, striped bass, haddock and little tunny. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Tautog peak in May and from October through November. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Tautog
- Tautog live in rocks, wrecks, bridge pilings and jetties and rarely stray from cover, usually in 10 to 60 feet inshore and deeper in late fall. Anchor so the bait sits in the structure, fish crab on a short rig or a tog jig, and set hard on the second tap before the fish pulls into the rocks. Clams and worms work better in cold spring water; hard crabs are the standard in fall.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Seal Ledge63
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: TautogPeak season- Tautog 63
- Atlantic cod 61
- Haddock 54
16 kt WSWL 10:38 PM · 0.3 ftH 5:27 AM · 8.7 ft
- Southwest Ledges61
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic codShoulder season- Atlantic cod 61
- Tautog 60
- Striped bass 54
16 kt WSWL 10:38 PM · 0.3 ftH 5:27 AM · 8.7 ft
- South Breaker61
Bar · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic codShoulder season- Atlantic cod 61
- Tautog 60
- Haddock 54
16 kt WSWL 10:38 PM · 0.3 ftH 5:27 AM · 8.7 ft
- Bull Cove59
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Striped bassShoulder season- Striped bass 59
- Tautog 59
- Atlantic cod 52
16 kt WSWL 10:38 PM · 0.3 ftH 5:27 AM · 8.7 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.