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Summer Striper Surge and Bluefish Blitz on Martha's Vineyard
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Artificial Lure here with your Martha’s Vineyard fishing report for Friday, June 20th, 2025.
First light hit at 5:09 AM with sunset rolling in around 8:20 PM, giving us those long, fishy summer days we wait all year for. Weather’s classic early summer Vineyard—comfortable in the 60s and low 70s, a light southerly breeze, and a mix of high clouds and bright sun. This is the kind of June stretch that pulls the big fish in close and gets islanders and visitors alike out on the water.
Tides are playing right into our hands today: according to Tide-Forecast.com’s chart for Off Lake Tashmoo, we’ve got a high tide at 4:46 AM, low at 11:12 AM, and another high at 5:10 PM. That afternoon flood and evening outgoing are perfect for prowling the rips and beaches, especially if you’re chasing that dusk blitz.
The striper bite is still on, though the mid-30-inch class stripers are starting to thin out a bit in the Vineyard Sound rips, according to Eastman’s Sport and Tackle in Falmouth. Those who got out earlier this week saw some solid fish—bass in the mid-30s and bluefish in the 6- to 8-pound range. Bluefish are still hot, especially on the south-facing beaches and western Nantucket Sound. Poppers and metals have been taking the bulk of the blues, with popping plugs like the classic pencil popper or a blue/white spook drawing vicious topwater strikes.
Plenty of bait is moving in and out of the salt ponds, so there’s steady action for smaller bass and blues off the adjacent beaches—focus on the outgoing tide when that bait flushes through. If you’re heading to the rips, bring minnow plugs and needlefish for persnickety stripers, and don’t overlook metals or smaller poppers for the bluefish that are schooling up at first and last light.
Rumor has it the fluke bite is picking up along the shoal edges, with some keeper-size fish coming off the deeper drop-offs, particularly if you’re bouncing bucktails tipped with squid. Offshore, sea bass and jumbo scup are showing up in good numbers and size, making for tasty mixed-bag trips.
Hot spots? Lobsterville Beach and Wasque Point continue to produce for the shore crowd, especially early and late. For boaters, try the rips off Middle Ground or hedge west toward Devil’s Bridge—the outgoing tide here can stack up feeding bass right on the edge. If you’re up for something different, a few anglers have started picking up live eels for brown shark sessions on the south side beaches, so keep an eye out as that bite picks up into July.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s local scoop—subscribe so you never miss the Vineyard bite window. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease dot ai.
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
First light hit at 5:09 AM with sunset rolling in around 8:20 PM, giving us those long, fishy summer days we wait all year for. Weather’s classic early summer Vineyard—comfortable in the 60s and low 70s, a light southerly breeze, and a mix of high clouds and bright sun. This is the kind of June stretch that pulls the big fish in close and gets islanders and visitors alike out on the water.
Tides are playing right into our hands today: according to Tide-Forecast.com’s chart for Off Lake Tashmoo, we’ve got a high tide at 4:46 AM, low at 11:12 AM, and another high at 5:10 PM. That afternoon flood and evening outgoing are perfect for prowling the rips and beaches, especially if you’re chasing that dusk blitz.
The striper bite is still on, though the mid-30-inch class stripers are starting to thin out a bit in the Vineyard Sound rips, according to Eastman’s Sport and Tackle in Falmouth. Those who got out earlier this week saw some solid fish—bass in the mid-30s and bluefish in the 6- to 8-pound range. Bluefish are still hot, especially on the south-facing beaches and western Nantucket Sound. Poppers and metals have been taking the bulk of the blues, with popping plugs like the classic pencil popper or a blue/white spook drawing vicious topwater strikes.
Plenty of bait is moving in and out of the salt ponds, so there’s steady action for smaller bass and blues off the adjacent beaches—focus on the outgoing tide when that bait flushes through. If you’re heading to the rips, bring minnow plugs and needlefish for persnickety stripers, and don’t overlook metals or smaller poppers for the bluefish that are schooling up at first and last light.
Rumor has it the fluke bite is picking up along the shoal edges, with some keeper-size fish coming off the deeper drop-offs, particularly if you’re bouncing bucktails tipped with squid. Offshore, sea bass and jumbo scup are showing up in good numbers and size, making for tasty mixed-bag trips.
Hot spots? Lobsterville Beach and Wasque Point continue to produce for the shore crowd, especially early and late. For boaters, try the rips off Middle Ground or hedge west toward Devil’s Bridge—the outgoing tide here can stack up feeding bass right on the edge. If you’re up for something different, a few anglers have started picking up live eels for brown shark sessions on the south side beaches, so keep an eye out as that bite picks up into July.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s local scoop—subscribe so you never miss the Vineyard bite window. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease dot ai.
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.