Artificial Lure here with your Sunday, September 14th fishing report straight from Maine’s salty Atlantic edge. Sunrise hit today at 6:20am and we’ll say goodnight at 6:53pm. We've got over 12 hours of sunlight—plenty of time to get a line in, especially with these crisp, early fall mornings putting a pep in the fish and in us.Today's tides around Kennebunkport started with a 4:57am high at 8.6 feet, easing into a 10:48am low just under a foot, then surging back for a 5:13pm high pushing 9.9 feet before rounding off with a midnight low. Bar Harbor and York Harbor followed similar cycles, with big midday swings—nothing like a good moving tide to wake up the bite. Tidal coefficients are dropping today, landing somewhere around 42, so currents will be moderate and the action might tighten up during slack water mid-afternoon.Weather’s cooperating—calm seas topping out at 2 to 3 feet with a light west wind, swinging south this afternoon. It’s ideal drift-boat or beach fishing weather, and you can expect excellent visibility inshore, especially with that fall chill teasing the water.As for the fish, this week saw steady action. Local reports say **stripers (striped bass)** are still holding in numbers around the river mouths and rocky points. Folks drifting live mackerel or chunking fresh clams have had the best luck pulling bass in the 20-34 inch range near the mouth of the Saco, and off Gooch’s Beach at Kennebunk. Fly anglers working the evening tides have found stripers willing to chase olive and white Clouser minnows or epoxy sand eels. Spinning gear folks favoring swimming plugs like SP Minnows and white or bunker-pattern soft plastics are reporting hookups especially at dawn and dusk.**Bluefish** made their presence known this week in deeper, choppier water off Cape Elizabeth and Biddeford Pool. Fast-moving metals—think Kastmasters or Deadly Dicks—are putting blues in the boat. Surfcasters tossing chunks at Pine Point are picking up a few choppers as well.There’s still good **mackerel** action on the deeper side of the piers in Portland and Boothbay; Sabiki rigs tipped with bright beads are doing most of the damage. **Pollock, whiting, and the odd flounder** are rounding out the mixed bag for bait soakers.If bottom fishing’s your game, now’s the time for **haddock** and **cod** (check regs for open spots, the boundaries do shift). Head boats targeting Jeffrey’s Ledge reported keeper-size haddock mid-week. Best baits are fresh-cut herring or clams, and teasers rigged above your bait will help in the clear water.For lures, locals recommend:- Soft plastics in white, bone, or bunker colors for stripers- Shiny metal spoons and jigs for bluefish and macks- 1-2 oz bucktail jigs tipped with pork for current sweeps and structureNatural bait is king this time of year—clam, mackerel chunks, and sandworms all drawing hits.Hot spots to try today:- The mouth of the Mousam River at low tide for stripers- Off the breakwater at Biddeford Pool for bluefish and possible school tuna- The outer ledges on the ebbing tide for groundfishThe fish are feeding up ahead of the big temperature drop—so get out there and capitalize before the autumn blitz slows down.Thanks for tuning in to your Maine coast fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe and keep those lines tight. 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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