Artificial Lure here, dropping another fresh fishing report for Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday, November 2, 2025.

We’re off to a chilly, gray start this morning. Local weather stations say temps will settle in the mid-40s with a brisk northwest breeze pushing 10-15 knots. Clouds are holding thick, so expect low, flat light all day—great for angling, less stellar for making out surf breaks. The sunrise peeped at 6:21 AM, and you’ve got daylight until 4:33 PM, so plan your casts accordingly.

The tides are cycling fast: this morning saw high at 8:05 AM and low coming up at 2:12 PM, with another high tonight around 8:30 PM. On Vineyard Sound and along Edgartown’s shorelines, look for slightly earlier and gentler shifts. If you’re fishing the outgoing, set up on a classic sandbar or near jetties just after slack ends to spark the bite.

Fall fishing is peaking, and folks are still dialing into the *striped bass* and *bluefish* that never really quit the island in October. OctoberFish may be done, but reports from the past week tell of keepers hugging deeper channels at Wasque, with plenty of slot bass landed using soft plastics around slack tide. Shore casters at East Beach snagged fish close in—those clouds are keeping the cows prowling near the rips. Bluefish action hit hard yesterday at Cape Poge, with lots of two- to three-pounders chopping through the surface bait.

False albacore made a sporadic reappearance near Menemsha and Lobsterville, mostly for boaters casting epoxy jigs and small metal lures. It’s been a numbers game: no blitzes, just singles and doubles before moving on.

Best lures this week are white or chartreuse paddle tails (think 5-inch), the reliable Daiwa SP Minnow for dawn patrol, and flashy metals like Deadly Dicks if you want to chase albies. Topwater plugs are producing on windier afternoons, especially working the south shore when the chop is up. For bait, fresh chunked mackerel and squid continue to outfish frozen, and don’t overlook sand eels rigged on a simple hi-lo.

Local shops—the Pound Tackle Shop and Larry’s—are running low on eels but stocked with fresh bunker. If you’re shopping, now’s the time. Fly anglers are having luck with olive-over-white deceivers and Clousers, mostly in tidal creeks first hour after high.

Hot spots today:
- Wasque Point for stripers and bluefish coming off the high tide.
- Cape Poge Gut for relentless blue action midday.
- Menemsha Jetty for a late-day walk-on, with both albies and bass reported as recently as last night.

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