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HaddockPeak season

Bar · Rhode Island

Coon Ledge

41.58°N · 71.41°W · Bar · Narragansett Bay

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Best score today · 6 AM · Haddock

79/100Great
Now
5011 AM EDT
Best window
5-11 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Low0.8 ft

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Oct 2 · 5 PM

Time5P
Score67Great
Tide1.4 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.4 kn · toward SSW
Wind4 kn SSWgusts 12 · steady
Air temp68°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy59% cloud
Water64°FPersisted

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

Coon Ledge

Depth
15-20 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · flat bottom
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 Coon Ledge

Coon Ledge is a bar in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Depth is 15-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.

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

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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • James Ledge

    Bar · 1.1 mi

    59
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 59
    • Black sea bass 58
    • Bluefish 56

    10 kt NEH 5:38 PM · 3.5 ftL 11:45 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Sauga Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    58
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 58
    • Striped bass 58
    • Bluefish 54

    10 kt NEH 5:52 PM · 3.7 ftL 11:41 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Wickford Harbor

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    57
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 57
    • Striped bass 57
    • Black sea bass 56

    10 kt NEH 5:52 PM · 3.7 ftL 11:41 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Fishing Cove

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    55
    Top: ScupPeak season
    • Scup 55
    • Striped bass 55
    • Bluefish 54

    10 kt NEH 5:52 PM · 3.7 ftL 11:41 PM · 0.8 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.