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Best score today · 8 AM · Atlantic cod
- Now
- 5812 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.9 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 5 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
34Water temp: 64°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Atlantic cod
Species seasonality
100Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: RIDEM · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Atlantic cod is best here
Peak season for Atlantic cod · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Seal Ledge
- Depth
- 40-70 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · ExposedLedge · drop-off
- 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 Seal Ledge
Seal Ledge is a bar in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Depth is 40-70 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are scup, Atlantic cod and bluefish. It is peak season now for scup, Atlantic cod, bluefish and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and 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.
- 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
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- Brenton Reef60
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- Bluefish 58
- Black sea bass 57
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- Brenton Point60
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 60
- Bluefish 56
- Little tunny 55
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- Graves Point60
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 60
- Bluefish 56
- Little tunny 55
6 kt NNEH 5:05 AM · 2.7 ftL 11:12 AM · 0.7 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.