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Stellwagen Bank
The glacial bank off Massachusetts Bay — a summer highway for striped bass, bluefin tuna and bluefish over rich sand and gravel.
What's biting here — right now
Prime water for Bluefin Tuna & Common Thresher Shark — 61°F on top, water moving now.
Today's bite
live from the tidal stream belowDays ahead
Today
GO
8 kt
Sun
GO
11 kt
Mon
OK
wind 17 kt
Tue
ROUGH
wind 20 kt
Wed
ROUGH
wind 18 kt
5:00 PM – 4:30 AM
1.2 kts at 8:30 PM
Bluefin Tuna100
In season (Oct)
SST 61°F in the prime band (59–72°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (82–656 ft ideal)
No strong temperature break nearby
In NOAA-designated Essential Fish Habitat
Troll, chunk or jig where bait stacks on temperature breaks and ledges.
In season (Oct)
SST 61°F in the prime band (59–70°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (98–1312 ft ideal)
No strong temperature break nearby
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)
Bottom temp 56°F at 131 ft in the prime band (46–70°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (26–131 ft ideal)
Near the northern edge of its range (regular north to about 42.0°N)
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)
SST 61°F in the prime band (55–68°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (131–3280 ft ideal)
No strong temperature break nearby
They find the chum slick on their own — circle hooks and a wire bite leader, then let them go.
In season (Oct)
SST 61°F workable (43–59°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (49–656 ft ideal)
Impossible to avoid once they move in — move off the pack or switch to a bait they cannot swallow.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 56°F at 131 ft in the prime band (46–72°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (33–148 ft ideal)
Near the northern edge of its range (regular north to about 42.0°N)
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.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 56°F at 131 ft workable (39–54°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (115–492 ft ideal)
Better near wrecks and mussel beds if you can find it
Bait on the bottom around wrecks and mussel beds — the cold-month wreck regular.
Tautog61
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 56°F at 131 ft in the prime band (45–64°F prime)
Charted 115 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.
In season (Oct)
SST 61°F in the prime band (54–68°F prime)
Charted 115 ft marginal for this species (3–66 ft ideal)
Better near structure or edges if you can find it
Live bait or plugs on rips, ledges and boulder fields; dawn/dusk moving tide.
In season (Oct)
Bottom temp 56°F at 131 ft workable (37–54°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (131–656 ft ideal)
Heavy bait dragged slow on soft bottom — they ambush from the mud and barely move for it.
In season (Oct)
SST 61°F workable (63–73°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (16–131 ft ideal)
Near the northern edge of its range (regular north to about 42.0°N)
No strong temperature break nearby
Trolled small feathers or cast metals around bait; moving water.
In season (Oct)
SST 61°F outside preference (45–57°F prime)
Charted 115 ft suits this species (33–328 ft ideal)
No strong temperature break nearby
Sabiki trees jigged through the marks — they run in dense schools you can read on the sounder.
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 — 0.81 kt, building
5:00 PM – 4:30 AM
1.2 kts · 8:30 PM
1.2 kts · 8:30 PM
6:00 AM – 11:00 AM
0.9 kts · 9:00 AM
0.9 kts · 9:00 AM
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
0.6 kts · 2:00 PM
0.6 kts · 2:00 PM
Tidal stream at Stellwagen Bank, 16nm North of Race Point (1.6 nm away), peak today 1.2 kt — same arrows and curve as the current stations on the main chart. Shaded spans of the curve are the windows. Moving water concentrates bait and turns fish on; slack is the lull. 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
2.3 ft @ 10 s
from E
Wind sea
1.9 ft @ 4 s
from NE
Swell 1
1.2 ft @ 10 s
from ESE · long-period groundswell
Swell 2
0.0 ft
Swell 3
0.0 ft
Buoy check — 44013 (BOSTON 16 NM East of Boston, 15.6 nm): 11.7 kt observed vs 8 kt forecast, seas 2 ft vs 2.3 ft · model close (+3.8 kt)
Wind: NBM 2.5km direct (69 h) → GFS 0.25° direct (3 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
2026-07-24 → 2026-10-02 · 61–70°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
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
Cox Ledge
Black Sea Bass · Striped Bass · Atlantic Cod
Cape Cod Canal (East End)
Striped Bass · Bluefish
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