Good morning, anglers—Artificial Lure here with your Atlantic Ocean, Maine fishing report for Wednesday, September 24, 2025.We're kicking off with a check on conditions out of York Harbor: High tide rolls in at 1:15 AM and again at 1:25 PM, with low tides at 7:24 AM and 7:50 PM. That gives us a solid early morning outgoing tide, perfect for chasing stripers along the ledges and outflows. Sunrise is at 6:32 AM, and sunset wraps up at 6:35 PM, so there’s daylight for that breakfast and dinner bite window. The moon will rise at 9:24 AM and set at 7:30 PM, adding a bit more pull to today’s water movement, which should keep bait active, especially around those tide swings, per Tide-Forecast.com.Weatherwise, we’ve been seeing cool fall mornings—chilly at dawn but warming to the upper 60s or even low 70s mid-afternoon. Minimal wind, calm seas most of the day, maybe light southerlies in the afternoon, visibility is excellent. Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing notes surface water temps around 62°F, so we’re not quite in that cold snap that makes cod and haddock furious, but things are cooling off enough to drive good action, especially for pollock and groundfish offshore.Let’s talk fish. Recent reports from Bunny Clark are calling this stretch some of the best “catching” weeks they’ve had all year. Pollock have been coming over the rails “by far” the most—with plenty in the 6-9 lb range. Cod retention is open for recreational anglers this month, so keepers are a real possibility; the last outing saw eight keeper cod, eleven decent haddock, and more than fifty solid cusk caught. Mackerel and even a monkfish showed up in the mix, and while blue sharks are definitely still lurking, most were released without incident.For the inshore crowd, stripers are still strong on the flats and around river mouths at the morning outgoing and evening flood. Down the Kennebec and further north, runs of river herring and American eel have picked up, and if you’re in the right spot you might hear about the rare Atlantic salmon returning (thanks to dam removals on the Kennebec, as noted by The Maine Monitor)—but remember, these are highly protected and strictly catch-and-release.As for what’s hot, it’s hard to beat classic metal: Nor’east jigs and teasers are out-fishing bait for pollock and cusk offshore; try white or green for the best results. Good old cod flies—red and orange—still do damage. For cod, vertical speed jigs and crab-tipped rigs both deliver at depth. If you’re working the rocks for stripers, topwater poppers at dawn, switching to soft plastics (like Sluggos in pink or bone) and bucktail jigs as the sun climbs, are putting fish in the boat. Mackerel strips and live eels are the best natural bait right now, especially near river mouths or in the surf pre-dawn.If you’re hunting scallops, just a heads up—the New England Fishery Management Council has dropped the 2025 quota to the lowest level in a decade, per SeafoodSource, so commercial pressure will be light. Recreational scalloping is limited, but keep your eyes peeled for those pockets.A couple of local hot spots: - Perkins Cove ledges for early stripers and mackerel—cast near the lobster buoys on a falling tide for your best shot. - Jeffrey’s Ledge, offshore, is red hot this week for pollock and cusk—best action in 180–220 feet, drifting with jigs on that moving water.As always, thanks for tuning in to the daily report with Artificial Lure! Don’t forget to subscribe and stay up to date—tight lines out there, and may your drags scream louder than your alarm clock.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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