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HaddockPeak season

Bay · Rhode Island

Bullock Cove

41.58°N · 71.32°W · Bay · Narragansett Bay

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Best score today · 8 PM · Haddock

75/100Great
Now
525 AM EDT
Best window
4-10 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.9 ft ▼

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 5 AM · now

Time5ANOW
Score52Good
Tide2.9 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentSlack0.0 kn
Wind11 kn Ngusts 26 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.2 ft · 4 s
Air temp61°Mild
WeatherOvercast90% chance of rain
Water68°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

Source: RIDEM · synced yesterday

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When Haddock is best here

Peak season for Haddock · 1 more week at peak

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Haddock in Rhode Island

Spot profile

Bullock Cove

Depth
3-90 ftDrop-off
Structure
Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · drop-off
Season
Peak seasonHaddock

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 Bullock Cove

Bullock Cove is a bay in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Depth is 3-90 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, bluefish and striped bass. It is peak season now for scup, bluefish, striped bass and Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Haddock
Haddock feed on gravel, sand and clay bottom along the edges of banks and ledges, mostly in 120 to 400 feet. They have small, soft mouths, so fish clam or squid on small hooks on a high-low rig, or a light jig with teasers, right on the bottom. Set the hook gently and keep steady pressure on the way up.
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

  • Coggeshall Point

    Cape · 1.8 mi

    65
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 65
    • Striped bass 63
    • Bluefish 58

    11 kt NL 9:59 AM · 1.1 ftH 4:55 PM · 3.3 ft

  • Carr Point

    Cape · 1.4 mi

    63
    Top: Striped bassPeak season
    • Striped bass 63
    • Bluefish 58
    • Scup 57

    11 kt NL 9:59 AM · 1.1 ftH 4:55 PM · 3.3 ft

  • Weaver Cove

    Bay · 1.6 mi

    63
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 63
    • Striped bass 60
    • Bluefish 58

    11 kt NL 9:59 AM · 1.1 ftH 4:55 PM · 3.3 ft

  • Narragansett Bay

    Bay · 1.2 mi

    62
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 62
    • Striped bass 60
    • Bluefish 58

    11 kt NL 9:59 AM · 1.1 ftH 4:55 PM · 3.3 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 RIDEM before you keep a fish.