Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing

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The F/V Bunny Clark (edited May 16, 2014)
Map, Directions & Location (Edited Feb 1, 2007)
Captains & Crew (Revised Feb 1, 2007)
2026 Season Reservations, Rules & Info. (Revised Jan 2, 2026)
2026 Season Schedule & Rates (Revised Jan 11, 2026)
Fishing Update (edited on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 0800 EDT)
Bunny Clark Guestletters (New Guestletter added Jan. 2, 2026)
Bunny Clark World & State Records List (Edited January 20, 2019)
"Tim Reidsema, Lee Dykas, Jason Ridolfi & Dennis Pietro" Photo Gallery (May 20, 2006)
Short Bunny Clark Fishing Videos(New Mar 6, 1997)
2010 Moon Phases (Revised Jan 30, 2010)
The New England Herring Problem (Who is taking our baitfish?)
Federal, State & Private Fishery Regs & Links
Favorite Bunny Clark Weather Links
Current Month Tide Chart for Ogunquit
2007 Accommodations & Services In Ogunquit Area

Our season starts on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, a marathon trip. In fact all our trips this year have been planned as marathon trips, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Starting on this date in the middle of April puts us in a position two weeks after the start of the haddock season. The best time to catch haddock ranges through the months of April, May and June with some good catches in July, depending on where you go, and other variables. Of course, with fishing, you just never know. You can have an excellent day when you least expect it and some days that you expect will be excellent turn out to be less so. Generally, though, if someone were to ask me when is the best time to catch haddock, I would give them those three months. Haddock gather together in the biggest schools during those months. They gather to spawn then. But they also gather near a common bait source. There seems to be more feed available in the spring and the fall. Last year, for example, we saw the largest amount of sandeels in the spring. There were places where we saw sandeels for the whole season in places that I have never seen sandeels before. Haddock love sandeels. Some of the haddock we caught last year were so full of sandeels, I don't know why they took a baited hook. Most of our larger haddock are also caught during the spring and early summer months. The shot on the right is a picture of Bob Kent (ME), one of our best regular anglers, who frequents the Bunny Clark. This digital image was taken on the June 3, 2025 offshore marathon fishing trip. Bob is shown holding his 7 pound Maine state trophy haddock which he caught that day. It was exceptionally calm weather, a feature that doesn't inhibit the bite during the early months, like June, but certainly, usually, has a detrimental effect on the bite during the heat of the summer or in the early fall. A haddock has to reach a minimum size of 7 pounds to attain trophy status in Maine. So Bob's fish just made the mark. We catch many haddock every season that come out at 6.9 pounds. Anglers always ask if I read the scale correctly. But I'm very anal about being accurate with fish size, particularly where it concerns the boat pool for one of the largest fish of the trip. Plus, I have compared fish through the fifty-one years that I have taken anglers fishing with the same method. I want to be able to make the best comparison I can so I can say that this fish "is the largest we have caught since...." It's also important when you want to know if the fish is within the range to submit an application for an International Game Fish Association world record, of which we have had forty-six over the years. I even keep a set of state registered weights to check the scale for accuracy at different times every month. I am really looking forward to our fishing season coming up. This winter was colder than many previous winters, giving us the coldest surface water temperatures we have seen for years. My read on this as compared to other cold winter seasons, is that the haddock are later showing up on our fishing grounds, they stay later and are found in other areas than where we found them after the warmer winters. It will be interesting to see if this line of thinking follows during this upcoming season. The haddock have already been late showing up on our fishing grounds. So part of what I expected has already happened. But this, to me, is the best part of fishing; not knowing where they are and the search to find them. Special fish like Bob's are the kind of fish we like to see on caught on the Bunny Clark.

For information and reservations:

Call: Bunny Clark, Corp. at - 207-646-2214
Write (Mailing Address): Tim Tower, P.O. Box 837F, Ogunquit, Maine 03907-0837
GPS Location to the dock: 70 Perkins Cove Road, Ogunquit, Maine 03907
Email Address (click here): bunnyclarkdsf@gmail.com

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