Artificial Lure here with your Atlantic Ocean, Maine Fishing Report for October 18th, 2025. Out on the water early, conditions are prime for fall angling. Temperatures as the sun was coming up hovered in the low 60s, with the sky starting off overcast but clearing through the morning, and a gentle west wind keeping the seas calm. Sunrise today was at 7:00 AM, and you can expect sunset right around 5:53 PM, giving you a solid window on either end of the tidal swings to get lines in.Marine tides today are classic for this time of year: low tide hit around 3:38 AM, high at 9:53 AM—nearly 9 feet—and another low at 4:05 PM with a high again at 10:14 PM. These strong tides mean active fish, likely moving up onto the shoals and structure during the incoming tide, then dropping deeper as the water falls (reported by TidesChart.com). Plan to hit your favorite spots a couple of hours before and after the high.Fish are still hungry this week, with the inshore bite showing variety and volume. According to Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing, recent trips have seen “excellent” catching, and landings were loaded with pollock—keepers generally around 3 pounds—plus some legal cod, cusk, haddock, redfish, whiting, mackerel, and even a cunner. Most were caught drifting with jigs and cod flies, and anchor fishing worked well too.Pollock remain the daytime stars offshore on any of the rocky humps and ledges from Cape Elizabeth up to Monhegan. For gear, metal jigs—Norwegian style or diamond—tipped with a teaser or cod fly can’t be beat. On these calm mornings, try a white or pink cod fly as your dropper above the jig; those colors stood out especially well in the week’s catch reports.Mackerel are still in the mix, moving a bit deeper with the cooling water but schooled up at mouths of the Kennebec and Saco Rivers—Sabiki rigs tipped with small bits of clam or squid work if you’re looking to fill a bucket. Stripers are mostly cruising the estuaries but a few blitzes on the beaches are being reported at daybreak and dusk; topwater plugs, bucktail jigs, and soft plastics in bunker or mackerel patterns are drawing strikes.Menhaden numbers are historically low across the Atlantic this autumn, according to recent stock assessments by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, so anglers are reporting fewer live bunker and bigger predator species cruising just off the bait lines. That means targeting groundfish on artificial lures is a smart call right now, while conserving natural bait.Best bets for the day? If you want a sure shot at a mixed cooler, set up around Jeffreys Ledge or Old Anthony’s, both of which have produced mixed bags all week. For shore casting, Long Sands Beach at sunrise or the mouth of the Ogunquit River on the incoming are drawing in stripers and late-running bluefish.As for bait, old standbys are best: cut herring, squid strips, and clams for groundfish, while soft plastics and metal jigs dominate artificials. Keep an eye out for blue sharks if you’re deep—just part of October’s offshore action.That’s your boots-on-the-deck look at today’s fishing. Thanks for tuning in—for the latest conditions, gear, and tactics, make sure to subscribe. 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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