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Atlantic codPeak season

Bay · Rhode Island

Corn Cove

41.15°N · 71.56°W · Bay · Block Island Sound

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Best score today · 2 PM · Atlantic cod

75/100Great
Now
538 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Low1.0 ft

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 PM · now

Time8PNOW
Score53Good
Tide1.0 ftLow
CurrentEbb0.3 kn · toward S
Wind5 kn NWgusts 9 · building
Sea stateLight chop1.9 ft · 6 s
Air temp69°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy77% cloud
Water73°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Atlantic cod is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with RIDEM before you keep a fish.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Atlantic cod is best here

Peak season for Atlantic cod · 6 more weeks at peak

Atlantic cod season by week of the year. Peak season for Atlantic cod · 6 more weeks at peak.
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Atlantic cod in Rhode Island

Spot profile

Corn Cove

Depth
4-30 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · slope
Season
Peak seasonAtlantic cod

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 Corn Cove

Corn Cove is a bay in Block Island Sound, Rhode Island. Depth is 4-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and bluefish. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, bluefish and black sea bass, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Scup peak from June through September. Little tunny peak from September through October. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September.

Tackle & technique

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.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Southeast Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    65
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 65
    • Bluefish 60
    • Scup 59

    5 kt NWH 1:53 AM · 2.1 ftL 7:10 AM · 1.0 ft

  • Lighthouse Cove

    Bay · 0.2 mi

    64
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 64
    • Little tunny 61
    • Bluefish 60

    5 kt NWH 1:53 AM · 2.1 ftL 7:10 AM · 1.0 ft

  • Sand Bank Cove

    Bay · 0.5 mi

    64
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 64
    • Little tunny 61
    • Bluefish 60

    5 kt NWH 1:53 AM · 2.1 ftL 7:10 AM · 1.0 ft

  • Great Point

    Cape · 0.5 mi

    64
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 64
    • Bluefish 60
    • Striped bass 59

    5 kt NWH 1:53 AM · 2.1 ftL 7:10 AM · 1.0 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 RIDEM before you keep a fish.