Fishing For

Black seabass

4.0
(91)
1.1K Catches
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Average Length
11.8 in
Maximum Length
2.2 ft
Maximum Weight
9.5 lbs
Depth Range
3.3 ft
Temperature Range
-

Top Fishing Spots To Catch Black seabass

4.0
(46)
North Atlantic Ocean (US/MA)
Plymouth County, Massachusetts
152 Catches
4.0
(34)
Long Island Sound
Suffolk County, New York
68 Catches
4.0
(23)
North Atlantic Ocean (US/NY)
40.897318, -72.087691
66 Catches
5.0
(7)
North Atlantic Ocean (W)
40.233483, -73.424072
64 Catches
4.0
(25)
North Atlantic Ocean (US/NJ)
39.925235, -74.029751
61 Catches
4.0
(21)
Narragansett Bay
Rhode Island
36 Catches
5.0
(10)
Upper Bay
40.662953, -74.049918
34 Catches
4.0
(16)
North Atlantic Ocean (Delaware)
Worcester County, Maryland
28 Catches

Top Baits For Catching Black seabass

Natural Baits by Shellfish Salt Water Common Clam
4.0
(27)
80 Catches
Natural Baits by Dead Bait Salt Water Squid
4.0
(117)
52 Catches
Natural Baits by Live Bait Salt Water Shrimp
4.0
(334)
18 Catches
Natural Baits by Worms Salt Water Blood Worms
4.0
(38)
16 Catches
Natural Baits by Dead Bait Salt Water Atlantic Longfin Squid
4.0
(115)
15 Catches
Lures by Berkley Gulp! Berkley Saltwater Gulp! Swimming Mullet Chartreuse - 3" - 11 Pack
4.0
(10)
14 Catches
Natural Baits by Dead Bait Salt Water Shrimp
4.0
(222)
14 Catches
Natural Baits by Shellfish Salt Water Squid
4.0
(27)
12 Catches

Recently Caught Black seabass

Vic Yambao

6 days ago
 • 
Ocean County, New Jersey

Tough day at inlet. Caught this luttle guy with a white Gulp swimming mullet.

Black seabass
1
4 likes

Spencer Boudoin

1 day ago
 • 
Worcester County, Maryland

Black seabass
2 lb 8 oz
2 likes
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Logan Melzer

6 days ago
 • 
Nassau County, New York

Fishy fish

Black seabass
1 lb
6 likes

Colson Shields

6 days ago
 • 
Cape May County, New Jersey

Black seabass
4 likes

Jack OShaughnessy

1 week ago
 • 
Washington County, Rhode Island

Caught a ton of scup and sea bass today

Black seabass
1 lb
5 likes • 1 comment

Alex Ford

2 weeks ago
 • 
Suffolk County, New York

Caught near middle ground otherwise today we caught 5 other scup (porgy) and lost a rod on one okuma avenger 😢 is it just us who get lines stuck on the bottom? Or does it happen to other people too? Used squid

Black seabass
1 lb 11 oz
1
10 likes • 2 comments

Bill Huggins

2 weeks ago
 • 
Middlesex County, Connecticut

Black seabass
13 oz
4
5 likes

Bill Huggins

2 weeks ago
 • 
Middlesex County, Connecticut

Black seabass
10 oz
4
8 likes
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