Artificial Lure reporting from the rocky coast of Maine, where September’s bite is heating up, the Gulf of Maine is alive, and fall patterns are settling in. The **sunrise today was 6:52 AM, sunset at 7:07 PM, with a calm and clear start—crystal skies and a brisk morning at 54°F—but air temps are riding up into the low 60s as the day wears on**. Seas are moderate, with northeast winds holding steady around 10-12 knots, visibility is excellent, and the ocean’s breathing easy; two- to three-foot surface chop and big lazy swells keep things interesting on the run out.**Tide runners** were up early: high tide at 6:13 AM and another at 6:39 PM, with low slacks around noon, making for prime hours to get out on the drift or cast from shore. Plan your moves around the changes, especially for bottom dwellers—haddock and cod respond strong to the moving tide, and so do the stripers and blues pushing bait along the ledges and river mouths (per Tide-Forecast.com).Fishing today, the landings were nothing short of excellent. Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing reports pollock dominating the catch with big numbers, alongside haddock, cod, white hake, whiting, vibrant redfish, and a respectable run of cusk. This week saw over 140 nice redfish, 21 haddock, 3 keeper cod, 4 white hake (including a trophy 26-pounder!), 23 cusk and a handful of whiting. Sub-legals, small pollock and a few dogfish and blue sharks round out the mix. **Best lures? Jigs and cod flies—they’re absolutely crushing it—classic Norwegian-style metals or high-flash teasers above the hooks. Drifting over the gravel and mud bottom is the top technique, especially with little wind to push the boat**.For shore and nearshore anglers, **stripers are still strong** in tidal rivers, estuaries, and rocky pockets, especially as schools chase herring and alewives flush out with the tides. Belsan's Bait and Tackle reports striper action as ‘fantastic’—plenty of solid fish on offer. **Chunk mackerel, sea herring, or bloodworms are choice for bait from the rocks, while pencil poppers and soft plastics (think white, chartreuse, olive) cover water and trigger the feeds**. Blues blaze through on the rising tide when schools are pushed into the coves and sand flats—bring Kastmasters and tins for distance, and hang onto your rod.Groundfishing with baited rigs is still producing: **clam strips, cut squid, and green crabs** for haddock and cod, with legal retention now permitted for one cod per person per trip for September. Bottom-fishing off Ogunquit and Kennebunkport, or around the ledges outside Portland and Cape Elizabeth, is your ticket for full coolers.**Hot Spots:** - **Jeffrey’s Ledge:** Always a consistent producer, especially for groundfish, pollock, and hake.- **Perkins Cove to York Ledges:** Drifting jigs or flies for pollock and redfish, excellent for a mixed bag.- **Saco River Mouth:** Stripers at dawn and dusk, look for birds and bait—chuggers, spooks, and mackerel chunks.- **Kittery Standpipes Off the Breakwater:** Solid for haddock and cod with clams on bottom rigs.The autumn bait push is underway, with mackerel, sea herring, and squids moving in—don’t overlook casting squid jigs from docks for dinner or live-lining them for bigger game. This is the season where moving and staying flexible pays off; grab a few rods rigged for stripers, groundfish, and maybe a surprise bluefin if the bait’s thick enough to pull them in.Thanks for tuning in to the Maine coast fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe for more local action, tips, and stories. 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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