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Best score today · 6 PM · Haddock
- Now
- 555 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.9 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
49Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 11 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 69°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Haddock
Species seasonality
84Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Haddock is best here
Peak season for Haddock · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
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Spot profile
Johnson Ledge
- Depth
- 20-30 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · slope
- 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 Johnson Ledge
Johnson Ledge is a bar in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Depth is 20-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, bluefish and black sea bass. It is peak season now for scup, bluefish, black sea bass and little tunny, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Bluefish peak from June through July and in September. Black sea bass 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.
- 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
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- Long Point67
Cape · 1.8 mi
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- Scup 64
- Bluefish 62
11 kt NL 10:02 AM · 1.1 ftH 5:00 PM · 3.5 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.