Artificial Lure here with your Martha’s Vineyard fishing report for Thursday, October 23, 2025.

We woke to overcast skies, some drizzle in the early morning, and temps hovering in the mid-50s, slowly climbing to a daytime high around 62. Winds are variable but generally light, making for friendly casting, and rain chances tapering off by late morning. So it’s a classic Vineyard autumn—layer up, but expect a comfortable day on the sand and rocks. Sunrise hit at 7:03AM, sunset’s early tonight at 5:48PM, so plan accordingly for best light.

Tidewise, Oak Bluffs shows a morning low at 6:10AM, peaking into a rising high at 1:27PM, then ebbing toward another low at 6:57PM. The midmorning flood and early afternoon high are prime times for striper and bluefish action near inlets and current breaks.

The last few nights, anglers fishing the Wasque Rip and Menemsha Channel reported solid schools of schoolie stripers with some slot fish in the mix. Most were hitting just before or after the turn of the tide. Blues are still around, mostly in the 3-6lb range, with a few larger choppers landed near East Beach. Nighttime surf casters working Squibnocket landed one keeper bass—word is, big fish are pushing through but in smaller numbers compared to last week. On The Water’s Massachusetts report shows tautog improving along rocky jetties, so bring your green crabs if you’re togging.

Best baits today: fresh chunk mackerel and squid for stripers; silver spoons and topwater poppers for blues. Soft plastics like the Al Gag’s Whip-It Fish and the classic white Zoom Super Fluke are drawing bites. Tautog are all about green crab or Asian shore crab—drop them down at Vineyard Haven breakwalls or the Oak Bluffs jetty around slack tide.

Hot spots for today:
- Menemsha Channel: top of the incoming tide has been reliable for stripers, and the bridge pilings are holding decent tog.
- Wasque Rip: blues and schoolie bass mid-tide, with a shot at a late migrator; bring a cast net for live bait if you’re ambitious.
- Lobsterville Beach: keep an eye on the evening drop for blues; a few lucky surfcasters picked up late false albacore just off the bar.

Boat anglers trolling along the North Shore (Makonikey to Cape Higgon) picked up scattered bass and stray bluefish, mostly working umbrella rigs and bunker spoons at 15-25 feet. Harbor action is slowing as water cools, but you’ll still find fish tucked against warmer rock piles.

Hold-over fluke are mostly gone, but there's solid talk about jumbo scup and black sea bass if you drop shellfish rigs near Vineyard Haven’s wrecks.

If you’re heading out, pack a range of lures: keep topwaters and metal on hand for blitzes, but also bring jigheads for structure-hugging bottom fish. After the rain clears, expect fish to move up shallow for a feed, especially with the dropping tide late afternoon.

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