New England · ChartNav curated ground
Cox Ledge
Hard bottom at the mouth of Block Island Sound — cod and sea bass on the rocks, bass and bluefish on the rips.
What's biting here — right now
Prime water for Scup (Porgy) & Summer Flounder (Fluke) — 61°F on the bottom, water moving now.
Today's bite
4:33 PM – 8:28 PM · dusk bite
Days ahead
Today
OK
wind 13 kt
Mon
ROUGH
wind 22 kt
Tue
ROUGH
wind 21 kt
Wed
OK
wind 18 kt
Thu
ROUGH
gusts 29 kt
Scup (Porgy)100
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 61°F at 98 ft in the prime band (46–70°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (26–131 ft ideal)
Better near structure or edges if you can find it
Small hooks with squid or worms over hard bottom and mussel beds.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 61°F at 98 ft in the prime band (46–68°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (26–131 ft ideal)
Better near structure or edges if you can find it
Bucktail + strip bait drifted over sand near channel edges and structure.
In season (Oct)
SST 65°F in the prime band (63–73°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (16–131 ft ideal)
Temperature break nearby (1.5°C across ~15 nm)
Trolled small feathers or cast metals around bait; moving water.
Bluefin Tuna100
In season (Oct)
SST 65°F in the prime band (59–72°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (82–656 ft ideal)
Temperature break nearby (1.5°C across ~15 nm)
In NOAA-designated Essential Fish Habitat
Troll, chunk or jig where bait stacks on temperature breaks and ledges.
In season (Oct)
SST 65°F in the prime band (63–75°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (49–656 ft ideal)
Temperature break nearby (1.5°C across ~15 nm)
Small metals or sabikis around bait balls on the edge — a late-summer arrival that draws everything bigger.
In season (Oct)
SST 65°F in the prime band (64–73°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (16–131 ft ideal)
Temperature break nearby (1.5°C across ~15 nm)
Small metals or epoxy jigs cast to surface-feeding schools; fast retrieve.
Blue Shark100
In season (Oct)
SST 65°F in the prime band (55–68°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (131–3280 ft ideal)
Temperature break nearby (1.5°C across ~15 nm)
They find the chum slick on their own — circle hooks and a wire bite leader, then let them go.
In season (Oct)
SST 65°F in the prime band (59–70°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (98–1312 ft ideal)
Temperature break nearby (1.5°C across ~15 nm)
Slow-trolled bait or a chum slick where bait stacks on a break — they stun with the tail, so hook-ups run tail-first.
In season (Oct)
SST 65°F in the prime band (63–72°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (131–1640 ft ideal)
Temperature break nearby (1.5°C across ~15 nm)
Chum slick on temperature breaks near bait concentrations.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 61°F at 98 ft in the prime band (46–72°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (33–148 ft ideal)
No charted structure within 250 m — scored cautiously (charts don't mark all hard bottom)
Squid or clam on hi-lo rigs directly over wrecks, reefs and rockpiles.
Bluefish84
In season (Oct)
SST 65°F in the prime band (64–75°F prime)
Charted 126 ft suits this species (7–98 ft ideal)
Metal lures or poppers through bait schools and birds; wire leader.
Tautog52
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 61°F at 98 ft in the prime band (45–64°F prime)
Charted 126 ft marginal for this species (13–82 ft ideal)
No charted structure within 250 m — scored cautiously (charts don't mark all hard bottom)
Green crabs tight to rocks, mussel beds and wreck rubble; light tide.
Live habitat-envelope scoring at this exact cell — SST, charted depth, charted structure and seabed, NOAA-designated habitat. The same engine and cards as tapping the spot in Fish mode.
Today's bite windows — moving water
Moving water right now — building
4:33 PM – 8:28 PM
peak 6:31 PM · ebb
peak 6:31 PM · ebb
11:16 PM – 2:14 AM
peak 12:45 AM · flood
peak 12:45 AM · flood
4:53 AM – 8:26 AM
peak 6:40 AM · ebb
peak 6:40 AM · ebb
Derived from the tide at Sakonnet — flow peaks near mid-tide, goes slack near high and low. No tidal-current station within 10 nm of this spot. Timing only — it never changes the habitat scores above.
The week ahead — full forecast
Drag the graph for any hour — wind, gusts, seas & period, rain, predicted current. The pale band around the wind line is model disagreement; the day chips carry the verdict and the number that caused it; the moons are real phases.
Sea state right now — every train
Combined
2.6 ft @ 6 s
from ESE
Wind sea
0.0 ft
Swell 1
2.3 ft @ 6 s
from ESE
Swell 2
0.6 ft @ 10 s
from SE
Swell 3
0.0 ft
Wind: NBM 2.5km direct (68 h) → GFS 0.25° direct (4 h) → Open-Meteo blend (96 h) · Waves: GFS-Wave 0.16° (12Z cycle), full train decomposition · Confidence band: GEFS ensemble spread · Bite windows: CO-OPS tidal predictions
Water temperature — last 10 weeks
2026-07-25 → 2026-10-03 · 65–73°F
Best months here
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Species in season by month for New England (from the knowledge base). In season now: Black Sea Bass, Golden Tilefish, Monkfish (Goosefish), Red Hake (Ling), Scup (Porgy), Silver Hake (Whiting), Tautog, White Hake, Acadian Redfish, Atlantic Cod.
Other grounds in New England
Stellwagen Bank
Striped Bass · Bluefin Tuna · Bluefish
Jeffreys Ledge
Atlantic Cod · Pollock · Bluefin Tuna
Cashes Ledge
Atlantic Cod · Pollock · Haddock
Georges Bank
Atlantic Cod · Haddock · Bluefin Tuna
Nantucket Shoals
Bluefish · Striped Bass · Bluefin Tuna
Cape Cod Canal (East End)
Striped Bass · Bluefish
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