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The Vineyard Fall Bite is Raging - Martha's Fishing Report 10/5/2025
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Artificial Lure here with your Sunday, October 5th, 2025 fishing report for Martha’s Vineyard, and folks, the fall bite’s in full swing on the island.
First light hit around 6:40 this morning with a fiery sunrise, and we’ll get almost 12 hours of daylight, wrapping up with sunset at 6:15 PM. If you’re headed out late, the moon will be waxing and rising right around 5:05 this evening. That’ll keep the fish active, especially for the nighttime surf crew.
Tides are working in our favor: Low tide came right at dawn, around 6:43 AM, and we’ll be riding a nice high tide close to noon, peaking at 11:58. That late morning push and evening drop are prime for working both inshore and jetty edges. Today’s weather is classic Vineyard fall—cool and crisp at dawn, temps in the low 50s, warming by midday, light northwesterly wind around 10 knots, and mostly clear skies after last night’s cloud cover moved out.
Fish activity is strong and only picking up steam. According to My Fishing Cape Cod’s latest fall reports, the past week has offered textbook opportunities—big schools of false albacore (albies) popping up from Edgartown to Menemsha, with some nice bonefish mixed in. Bonito are fattening up before the water cools off too much, and striped bass are staging and cruising both the beaches and rips, especially at night. Surfcasters have been scoring healthy slot-sized bass from Lobsterville Beach, and boaters working the Wasque rips just off Chappy are bending rods on everything from schoolies to small keepers. Fluke and scup are still hanging around, but starting to thin out as water temps cool.
This past weekend, a few lucky boats out of Vineyard Haven hit multiple blitzes of albies and bonito, with some crews landing double digits on fast retrieve metals and soft plastics. Shore anglers are reporting keeper bass under schools of peanut bunker, with plenty of birds marking the action.
Best lures right now: For the funny fish, it’s all about anything that mimics an escaping baitfish—deadly dicks, epoxy jigs, and Hogy SI Epoxy lures in silver, pink, and olive are working overtime. For stripers, you can’t go wrong with a white slug-go or soft swim shad after dark, and needlefish plugs are steady producers on a slow retrieve. As always, live eels (if you can get ‘em) are a top ticket for bigger night bass. Chunk bait and fresh bunker also attracting the attention of bigger linesiders around the bridges and deep holes.
Top spots to fish today: State Beach for shore-based albies at first light or dusk, Wasque Point for casting into rips (just don’t underestimate the current), and Menemsha jetty for a shot at a mixed bag—plenty of schoolies, maybe a keeper mixed in, and even some late-season bluefish. If you’re up-Island, Lobsterville is still the gold standard for surf bass, with a shot at blitzing albies if the wind stays down.
Quick tip—work the moving water, watch for working birds, and keep an eye on the tide swings. The Vineyard’s all about being in the right place at the right time, so don’t be afraid to move.
That’s all for today’s report from Artificial Lure—thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss the bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
First light hit around 6:40 this morning with a fiery sunrise, and we’ll get almost 12 hours of daylight, wrapping up with sunset at 6:15 PM. If you’re headed out late, the moon will be waxing and rising right around 5:05 this evening. That’ll keep the fish active, especially for the nighttime surf crew.
Tides are working in our favor: Low tide came right at dawn, around 6:43 AM, and we’ll be riding a nice high tide close to noon, peaking at 11:58. That late morning push and evening drop are prime for working both inshore and jetty edges. Today’s weather is classic Vineyard fall—cool and crisp at dawn, temps in the low 50s, warming by midday, light northwesterly wind around 10 knots, and mostly clear skies after last night’s cloud cover moved out.
Fish activity is strong and only picking up steam. According to My Fishing Cape Cod’s latest fall reports, the past week has offered textbook opportunities—big schools of false albacore (albies) popping up from Edgartown to Menemsha, with some nice bonefish mixed in. Bonito are fattening up before the water cools off too much, and striped bass are staging and cruising both the beaches and rips, especially at night. Surfcasters have been scoring healthy slot-sized bass from Lobsterville Beach, and boaters working the Wasque rips just off Chappy are bending rods on everything from schoolies to small keepers. Fluke and scup are still hanging around, but starting to thin out as water temps cool.
This past weekend, a few lucky boats out of Vineyard Haven hit multiple blitzes of albies and bonito, with some crews landing double digits on fast retrieve metals and soft plastics. Shore anglers are reporting keeper bass under schools of peanut bunker, with plenty of birds marking the action.
Best lures right now: For the funny fish, it’s all about anything that mimics an escaping baitfish—deadly dicks, epoxy jigs, and Hogy SI Epoxy lures in silver, pink, and olive are working overtime. For stripers, you can’t go wrong with a white slug-go or soft swim shad after dark, and needlefish plugs are steady producers on a slow retrieve. As always, live eels (if you can get ‘em) are a top ticket for bigger night bass. Chunk bait and fresh bunker also attracting the attention of bigger linesiders around the bridges and deep holes.
Top spots to fish today: State Beach for shore-based albies at first light or dusk, Wasque Point for casting into rips (just don’t underestimate the current), and Menemsha jetty for a shot at a mixed bag—plenty of schoolies, maybe a keeper mixed in, and even some late-season bluefish. If you’re up-Island, Lobsterville is still the gold standard for surf bass, with a shot at blitzing albies if the wind stays down.
Quick tip—work the moving water, watch for working birds, and keep an eye on the tide swings. The Vineyard’s all about being in the right place at the right time, so don’t be afraid to move.
That’s all for today’s report from Artificial Lure—thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss the bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.