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Best score today · 6 AM · Black sea bass
- Now
- 786 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing7.8 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 2 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
75Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 57°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Black sea 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 Black sea bass is best here
Peak season for Black sea bass · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Wooster Cove
- Depth
- 10-60 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonBlack sea 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 Wooster Cove
Wooster Cove is a bay in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Depth is 10-60 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, striped bass and scup. It is peak season now for black sea bass, striped bass, scup and Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Scup peak from June through September.
Tackle & technique
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Stand-in Point85
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 85
- Black sea bass 78
- Scup 77
4 kt EL 10:32 PM · 1.2 ftH 4:46 AM · 8.3 ft
- Bartlett Harbor84
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 84
- Black sea bass 78
- Scup 77
4 kt SSEL 10:35 PM · 1.3 ftH 4:51 AM · 8.3 ft
- Crabtree Point Ledge79
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 79
- Scup 78
- Striped bass 78
4 kt EL 10:32 PM · 1.2 ftH 4:46 AM · 8.3 ft
- Sugar Loaves78
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 78
- Atlantic cod 72
- Haddock 72
4 kt EL 10:32 PM · 1.2 ftH 4:46 AM · 8.3 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.