Artificial Lure here with your Atlantic Ocean, Maine fishing report for Sunday, September 28, 2025. The coast is waking up to a classic early fall bite, and if you’re tuning in from anywhere near York Harbor or up toward Portland, you’re in for a treat.First light hit the water at 6:36AM, with the sun set for 6:28PM, giving us that golden window to fish the tide swings. The weather's been picture perfect—warm days touching 73-78°F in key spots like Perkins Cove and Portland, chilly but refreshing mornings, and barely a ripple on the sea early. Most of the day we’re looking at light winds from the west and south, with seas flat or just a soft one to two foot chop rolling in when the tide pulls harder. Visibility’s incredible, stretching twenty-five to thirty miles plus, so if you’re spotting bird activity, you’re seeing further than your average fall morning.Today’s tides for York Harbor set up classic structure fishing: high tide rolling in at 3:59AM, falling to a local low at 9:58AM, lifting again with another high at 4:03PM. Plan your effort for either side of these swings—Maine’s coastal ground fish feed best on the moving waters.Fish activity right now is full throttle, especially on the deeper ledges and around rocky islands. Over the past few days, the Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing crew has been hauling in excellent numbers: pollock thick as cords of wood, most weighing in solid at 6-9 pounds, with a steady run of legal cod (one per angler allowed for September). Cusk are abundant, clean, and big—one trip landed over fifty of them. Haddock are showing up in fair numbers, still plenty of good-sized redfish, plus white hake, monkfish, mackerel, and the ever-present whiting. Blue sharks are running strong, so bring extra terminal tackle—numbers lost to them have been as high as twenty-six rigs in one trip.Best tackle and bait for the day: jigs in natural colors (green pumpkin/chartreuse and black/blue flake are hot, according to Stripers247.com), and cod flies are topping the catch list. For bait, fresh clam strips or cut mackerel work wonders with cod, cusk, and haddock. Pollock and redfish respond best to worked metal jigs—bounce them off the bottom and let the current do the rest. If you’re targeting surface action near tide rips, Baby Bluegill and Tilapia Magic soft plastics (by local tackle shops) have been productive on any blues or stripers moving inshore.For hot spots, you can't go wrong with the ledges off Cape Neddick, especially around the outer shoals—pollock and cod stack up here on the outgoing tide. Perkins Cove’s deeper drop-offs are yielding the best variety in the pollock and cusk categories, and farther east, the islands near Saco Bay bring big redfish and the occasional white hake. Hit the high tide for the bite and keep an eye on your gear—sharks are taking jewelry, but the numbers are worth the risk.Thanks for tuning in to today’s Atlantic Maine fishing report. Tight lines out there, and don’t forget to subscribe for your daily breakdown. 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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