Artificial Lure with your Martha’s Vineyard fishing report for Wednesday, October 29, 2025.

Sunrise hit at 7:10 this morning and sunset’s due at 5:40, giving us a tight but promising fall window. Skies are starting out partly cloudy, temps running mid-50s at dawn, and a prevailing west-by-northwest wind in the teens—not a blowout, but it’ll put a chop on the south-facing beaches. Tides for Oak Bluffs: high at 5:29 AM, low at 10:28, then another high rolling in close to sunset at 5:50 PM. Plan your casts with moving water—both sunup and late afternoon tides align nicely.

It’s that classic Martha’s Vineyard late October bite—striped bass are still making a showing, though numbers are thinning as the migration pushes south. Local anglers continue to report solid catches this past week, with bass from the high teens up to 30 and even a few over 40 inches, especially during night tides. False albacore have thinned dramatically, but a few speedsters are still blitzing off Wasque and Menemsha on the right tides, while bluefish remain hit-or-miss, mostly smaller cocktails in the mix. According to the local reports and The Average Angler's roundup, there are still plenty of photos floating around social of big bass—so persistence is paying off for those willing to move and chase the bite.

Baitwise, it’s a smorgasbord: adult bunker are hanging off the deeper rips, with peanuts in the back bays. Sand eels have arrived in patchy clouds, which is a mixed blessing for shore-based folks—these thin-profiled baits draw the bass, but when they stay deep it can make things tough for fly and plug casters. Your best bet: match the hatch. Sling needlefish plugs or soft plastics for the sand eel imitation, especially when fish are fussy. Metal jigs like the Deadly Dick and Epoxy Jigs will nab the finicky albies if you find them working. Live eels and chunked bunker are still taking big stripers at night—drifters off Vineyard Haven and the North Shore report several keeper slot bass in the last few evenings.

For the fly crowd, olive-over-white Clousers, Surf Candies, and any sand eel patterns fished deep are producing. If you wade out, bring intermediate and sinking lines for the dropoffs.

As for hot spots, Wasque Point is still the Vineyard’s October heavyweight—sweep the outgoing for albies and stripers (watch those tides and currents). Menemsha Bight has held bait, and surfcasters there have picked up mixed-sized stripers at dawn and dusk, especially on the ebb. Lobsterville Beach can also surprise, especially with smaller bass under the birds. Don’t be shy about moving—every tide’s a different story this time of year.

A quick word on the run: while the 2025 class of stripers isn’t huge, those fish from the 2017-18 cohorts form the backbone of the fall catch. Conservation’s on everyone’s mind, so pinch your barbs and handle those big breeders with care.

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