Good morning from the Maine coast! Artificial Lure here with your Atlantic fishing report for Wednesday, October 8th, 2025.We kicked off the day with a brilliant sunrise at 6:41 am, and anglers should plan to pack up by sunset at 6:05 pm. The weather is spectacular—clear skies, visibility for miles, and just a light westerly wind pushing steady at about 10 knots. Temperatures at first light hovered in the upper 50s, with ocean breezes keeping things comfortable out on the water. Seas are mild, rolling in long 2 to 3-foot chops—ideal for drift fishing and a coffee that won’t spill if you wedge it tight.If you’re planning around the tides, Rockland is showing a low tide at 5:11 am, then a wicked high tide peaking at 11.53 feet around 11:21 am. By early evening, expect another low at 5:38 pm, so you’ve got a good window for inshore action late morning into early afternoon. Casco Bay and Portland match up close, with high water cresting just before noon—mark that prime bite window.Let’s talk fish and results. Offshore, deep sea crews like Bunny Clark report excellent fishing, with solid landings of cusk, redfish, white hake, and some pollock. Biggest white hake topped 24 pounds yesterday, and the pollock are running small but plentiful. Dave off the Bunny Clark landed a 10-pound pollock, with cusk and haddock rounding out the boxes. Drifts between 60 and 80 fathoms produced the best action, and jigs and cod flies were equally effective.Inshore and surfside, the bite’s steady for sea bass, with local reefs holding plenty and the 10-fish bag limit for keepers at 12.5 inches. Triggerfish are still chewing, especially on the deeper wrecks. Fluke are mostly out-of-season but still around, tucked tight to the wash. Kingfish action is steady—not blazing but reliable, and a few folks are scoring some pompano with surf temps near 70°F.Bluefish are prowling, mostly snappers and cocktail-sized fish, and they’re hammering small mullet strips and metal lures. Spots and blowfish are tapering off as we shift into true fall fishing, with stripers starting to move in and get more aggressive. The bay water’s cooling down, hovering in the low 60s, so keep an eye on those transitions.Best baits and lures for these conditions:- **Sea bass, triggerfish, tautog (blackfish):** green crabs, sand fleas near rocks and riprap; jigs tipped with clam or squid offshore.- **Blues:** small minnow-style plugs, epoxy jigs, metal slices, and fresh mullet strips.- **Kings and surf species:** bloodworms, Fishbites, mullet chunks.- **Stripers:** swim shads, small bunker or mullet imitations, especially at dawn and dusk.If you’re eager to get into some real action, check these Maine hot spots today:- **Rockland Breakwater:** Great for sea bass and stripers on the outgoing tide.- **Portland Headlight area:** Prime ground for blackfish and fall stripers, especially near the inlet rocks.- **York Beach:** Known for reliable surf fishing—bluefish with metals or bunker, kings on fresh chunk bait.Quick news for you commercial folks: Keep an eye out for ongoing gear regulation chatter—ropeless lobster pots are still up in the air, council is debating. Whales have been entangled less lately, but everyone’s watching the gear swaps and tech trials.The fall run is underway and today’s conditions are as good as it gets for October. If you haven’t wet a line lately, now is the time. Thanks for tuning in to Artificial Lure’s Maine fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe for daily tips and updates.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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