Artificial Lure here with your Charles River, Boston fishing report for Wednesday, October 22, 2025.It’s a crisp fall morning, with sunrise at 7:09 AM and sunset expected by 5:46 PM according to Tide-Forecast.com. Temps are seasonable—starting near 60 and warming up to 70°F—humidity’s sitting around 76%, with mostly clear skies and a gentle 4-mph wind. Water temperature is hovering about 62°F, so the bite is firmly in that classic autumn pattern.Today’s tide times show low at 8:06 AM and high peaking at 2:15 PM. This midday high tide gives anglers a prime window for increased fish movement and feeding, especially in the mid to lower Charles stretches.Recent boat and shore reports from the Charles River Daily Fishing Report highlight active stripe bass chasing schools of baitfish, especially around the Museum of Science basin. Both largemouth and smallmouth bass have also been steady throughout the past week—fellow locals bagged as many as a dozen bass per outing. Most bass ranged between 1–3 lbs, with occasional 4–5 lb kicker fish pulled at dusk off rocky banks and sunken structure near Magazine Beach and the Esplanade.Pickerel and carp are cruising the weed lines and slower current edges near Watertown Square and the BU Bridge. Multiple anglers have landed solid pickerel—best bet is to slowly work a flashy silver spinner or a suspending jerkbait just above submerged weeds.If you’re targeting stripers, local wisdom says toss soft-plastic shads or jerkbaits in pearl, bunker, or olive when current is moving. Lively live bait (shiners, eels) on a Carolina rig also gets results. For the bass, it’s a soft plastic show—Senko worms in green pumpkin, drop-shot finesse baits, and bluegill-imitating swim jigs are top producers.For panfish, slip bobbers rigged with small live worms, or micro jigs tipped with Gulp maggots, have been deadly along shallow edges at Riverside Park and up toward Herter Park. Several anglers reported crappie and perch in double-digit numbers early yesterday, especially after that morning low tide.Carp have been hooked on corn and dough balls below the Watertown Dam. These big boys are lurking, and if you’ve got patience, bait up near grassy margins on the outgoing tide.Hot spots for today:- Museum of Science basin: Striped bass and big smallmouth action on moving tide.- Magazine Beach: Multi-species bite, especially for largemouth, pickerel, and crappie on sunken structure between tides.- Watertown Square to the BU Bridge: Steady carp, bass, and pickerel—especially effective with live bait or natural-color soft plastics.Rod recommendations for these conditions lean toward a medium to medium-heavy spinning setup for casting longer distances and handling those stripers and river bass. Shimano and Daiwa rods, paired with 10–14 lb braid and a fluorocarbon leader, are all you need for versatility and sensitivity—just ask any local at the waterside.With low river levels today (Snoflo.org notes just 16% of typical streamflow) you’ll want to focus on deeper pockets and areas of current near bridges and dams. Fish are concentrated and more reactive to moving baits in these pinch points.Remember, it’s peak fall migration for river stripers and hungry bass—don’t sleep on those dusk and dawn windows. Tidy up your presentation, swap those lures for something resembling local baitfish, and keep your retrieve slow and steady.Thanks for tuning in to the Charles River, Boston fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe for daily 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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