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Best score today · 5 PM · Little tunny
- Now
- 657 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding7.7 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 · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
62Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 3 kt SEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
62Water temp: 59°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
93Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: Maine DMR · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Little tunny is best here
Peak season for Little tunny · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Old Harbor
- Depth
- 9-60 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · drop-off
- 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 Old Harbor
Old Harbor is a bay in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Depth is 9-60 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, Atlantic cod and black sea bass. It is peak season now for scup, Atlantic cod, black sea bass and striped bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- The Basin78
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 78
- Black sea bass 75
- Atlantic cod 74
3 kt SEH 8:41 PM · 8.9 ftL 3:06 AM · 0.9 ft
- Hurricane Sound74
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 74
- Atlantic cod 72
- Black sea bass 72
4 kt NNEH 8:41 PM · 8.9 ftL 3:06 AM · 0.9 ft
- The Reach72
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Striped bass 70
- Black sea bass 65
3 kt SEH 8:41 PM · 8.9 ftL 3:06 AM · 0.9 ft
- Sand Cove72
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Striped bass 70
- Black sea bass 65
3 kt SEH 8:41 PM · 8.9 ftL 3:06 AM · 0.9 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.