The edge · 600 ft · shelf break and canyons

White Hake

Urophycis tenuis. Prime water reaches Penobscot Bay in New England right now (45°F on the bottom). Fish it 295–492 ft down — that is where 41–44°F water sits off Penobscot Bay.

White Hake identification illustration
LaneThe edge · 100 fa (600 ft)
Depth it holds295–1148 ft
Prime water37–50°F (workable 37–57°F)
Holds in the column295–1148 ft down (on the bottom)
Judged onseabed temperature (RTOFS at depth)
Structurenone

The water column off Penobscot Bay

0 ft297 ft594 ft299 ft of workable water295–594 ft · 41–44°F

The strip is the water itself, coloured by temperature from the surface down to the 594 ft surveyed bottom at that spot — one band per RTOFS model level. The outlined stretch is where White Hake's temperature band (37–57°F) and the depth it holds actually overlap. That thickness is the number that matters: it is how much water you can work, not just whether the spot is warm enough somewhere. RTOFS stops at 300 m, so anything deeper than that is not assessed. One model cycle, not a weekly archive — this holds still while the surface map scrubs.

How it's fished

Heavy bait deep in the mud basins; usually mixed in with the cod and pollock.

Region by region — right now

RegionSeasonPrime waterTempFish it atMonths
New England in season reaches Penobscot Bay 45°F 295–492 ft*
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
"Fish it at" is where this species' temperature band and its holding depth overlap in the water column, from the RTOFS profile (13 levels, 0–300 m) — the depth to actually put a bait, not just the place. "Prime water" is the furthest sampled station on the 100-fathom lane whose seabed temperature sits inside this species' band. It is water, not a sighting report.
Charted grounds on the 100-fathom lane
Jeffreys Ledge