Nahant is a rocky peninsula whose ledges, boulders and current-swept points hold striped bass and bluefish. The rugged structure around East Point and the surrounding rips makes it productive water, fishable both from a boat working the edges and from the rocks on foot.
The ground
Fish the rocky points, ledges and rips where current sweeps bait past structure. The boulder fields and drop-offs give bass ambush points on the moving tide.
How to fish it
Work the structure and current with soft plastics, jigs and topwater at low light. Fish the down-current side of the rocks and rips where bass hold.
Tip Around Nahant's rocks, fish the down-current edges. Bass tuck behind boulders and points out of the current and dart out to grab bait swept past, so put your lure where the flow delivers the meal.