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Vineyard Spring Bite: Stripers, Blues, and Cod Wake Up Sunday Morning
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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your Vineyard fishing guru, comin' at ya with the morning report for Sunday, April 26th, right here on the edge of dawn at 3 AM Eastern. Winds are light outta the ESE at 5-10 mph, with early showers tappin' off into partly cloudy skies—temps hoverin' low 38°F tonight into a high pushin' 58°F tomorrow under those NNW breezes. Sunrise hits at 6:05 AM, sunset 8:01 PM, perfect for chasin' the light.
Tides around the island? Low slack now buildin' to a risin' flood through mid-mornin', peakin' high around noon near Edgartown—fish the movin' water, brothers. Fish are wakin' up spring-style: stripers pushin' inshore on the flats, blues crashin' rips, and keeper cod holdin' structure offshore. Recent catches? Locals tallied 20-30 lb stripers off Lobsterville Beach last week, handfuls of 28-inch schoolies at Tashmoo, and a solid bluefin tuna limit (40 fish) reported nearby waters on flyline rigs with 25-30 lb setups and #4-1/0 hooks.
Best lures right now: **Topwater darters** like the Gibbs Pencil for top-end stripers at first light, or **soft plastics** (7-inch white Slug-Gos) twitched slow on the flats. Wire-line spoons for blues in the rips. Bait-wise, live macks or herring chunks on a fish-finder rig can't be beat for bottom dwellers; chunk bunker for stripers.
Hot spots? Hit **Nobska Point** for rip-feeding bass on the outgoing, or drift **Squibnocket** for those big girls huggin' the drop-offs. Bundle up, check regs, and stay safe out there.
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Tides around the island? Low slack now buildin' to a risin' flood through mid-mornin', peakin' high around noon near Edgartown—fish the movin' water, brothers. Fish are wakin' up spring-style: stripers pushin' inshore on the flats, blues crashin' rips, and keeper cod holdin' structure offshore. Recent catches? Locals tallied 20-30 lb stripers off Lobsterville Beach last week, handfuls of 28-inch schoolies at Tashmoo, and a solid bluefin tuna limit (40 fish) reported nearby waters on flyline rigs with 25-30 lb setups and #4-1/0 hooks.
Best lures right now: **Topwater darters** like the Gibbs Pencil for top-end stripers at first light, or **soft plastics** (7-inch white Slug-Gos) twitched slow on the flats. Wire-line spoons for blues in the rips. Bait-wise, live macks or herring chunks on a fish-finder rig can't be beat for bottom dwellers; chunk bunker for stripers.
Hot spots? Hit **Nobska Point** for rip-feeding bass on the outgoing, or drift **Squibnocket** for those big girls huggin' the drop-offs. Bundle up, check regs, and stay safe out there.
Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for daily updates! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.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.