Artificial Lure here with your Friday, October 24, 2025 Atlantic Maine fishing report. It’s a crisp, classic autumn morning—overcast to start, but skies are forecast to clear up quick, with the air temp up around **63°F** and barely a breath of wind out on the water. Waters are calm as glass; if you’re heading offshore, you’re in for a great ride according to Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing.**Tide for Bar Harbor** rolls in at high around **1:00 AM** at 10.09 feet, bottoms out at **6:59 AM** at 1.55 feet, peaks again at **1:04 PM** with a solid 10.89 feet, and finishes with a low at **7:29 PM**. That means **morning and mid-day fishing lines up with the rising water**—prime time for hungry fish moving up to feed, and a strong push through channels and coves. **Sunrise** snapped in at **6:59 AM**, with sunset at **5:33 PM**, so you’ve got those golden hours ahead for best bites.**Recent catches have been strong**. Offshore trips are seeing big **pollock**—10 to 15 pounds not unusual—and some nice **cod, cusk, haddock, redfish, whiting, mackerel**, and **cunner** in the mix. Landings are up, and anglers are happy. Most of the pollock are keepers just over 3 pounds, but trophy fish are showing up for folks drifting or anchoring over reefs and ledges. Cusk are a local highlight with state trophy weights over 12 pounds landed lately.Inshore, **striped bass** are still moving through; the numbers are thinning, but the quality is right, especially around rocky points and river mouths. Tautog are lighting up around structure, especially down around Kittery and York. Bonito are still popping up farther south, but if you’re on the hunt for Maine action, pollock and cod are your bread and butter now. Some big **haddock and the odd whiting** are being picked up by folks bait fishing on the deeper drops.**Best bait and lures:** Jigs with cod flies are the ticket for pollock, cusk, cod, and haddock—silver or chartreuse work great, especially on a slow drift or when the current’s moving good at high tide. For haddock and redfish, sweeten your offering with clam or squid strips. If you’re targeting stripers or tautog near shore, green crabs and sandworms do wonders. Soft plastics and diamond jigs are producing for the bass crowd near rocky outcrops.**Hot spots to target:** - **Jeffrey’s Ledge:** Consistent deepwater action for cod, haddock, pollock, cusk, and redfish. - **The Basin at Pemaquid Point:** Prime for inshore stripers, tautog, and hefty mackerel—especially on the incoming tide. - **Perkins Cove and Wells Harbor:** Great for early morning mackerel and seabass, with plenty of structure for tautog.**Activity tips:** Drift fishing has outperformed anchoring this week. Keep an eye on the tide swings—fish bite hardest two hours after low and high, riding the moving water. With only a few dogfish and the occasional blue shark, most catches have been clean and quick to the deck.Weather’s set to improve through mid-day, with clearing skies and temperatures hovering in the low 60s. Marine forecasts are calling for minimal chop, which means it’s a must-go day for families and the serious offshore crowd alike.Thanks for tuning in to your Atlantic Maine fishing report! Don’t forget to subscribe for your daily fix and stay sharp on the latest local action.This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1PnThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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