Artificial Lure here with your Charles River fishing report for Friday, September 26, 2025. If you’re hitting the water around Boston today, conditions couldn’t be much better. It's a classic early fall morning—partly cloudy skies, cool temps hanging around 68°F, and a gentle 4 mph breeze coming off the water. Humidity’s at 76%, so things feel crisp, not sticky. Water temp is hovering right at 62°F, ideal for the resident bass and panfish bite.Sunrise came at 5:46 AM and we'll have daylight all the way until 7:53 PM, giving you plenty of time to plan both morning and late evening sessions. Tidal action is on your side: we just finished a low around 6:21 AM, and the next high rolls in at 12:30 PM, peaking just over 9 feet. Plan your main effort accordingly—fish feed heavily with this much water movement.Speaking to local bait-and-tackle regulars and weeklies, the action across the Charles has picked right back up since those late summer muggy stretches. Just this past few days, folks have been reporting healthy numbers of **largemouth bass**, plenty of feisty **smallmouths**, with persistent catches of **yellow perch** and scattered **pickerel** from the deeper stretches. At Magazine Beach and near the BU Bridge, a few **crappie** and **bluegill** blitzes surprised anglers tossing micro-lures.Top producers this week were natural presentations. Nightcrawlers and shiners drew in both bass and perch, especially if you could slip them down near drop-offs or edges just after first light. For lure anglers, nothing beat a classic white **Z-Man ChatterBait** or a small chartreuse **Rapala X-Rap**; anglers had solid snaps casting parallel to shore and bouncing these over submerged structure near Harvard and up by the Watertown Dam. Particularly in the last three hours before sunset, fish went wild for shallower-running lipless crankbaits and Ned rigs crawled slowly.Fly fishermen found success on the flats outside the Longfellow Bridge, swinging olive woolly buggers for aggressive smallmouth and abundant sunfish, while those working foam poppers got surprise strikes from juvenile bass between Riverside and North Beacon.Early incoming tide brought decent bass and perch to the lower river, while dusk sessions during the outgoing saw more pickerel action. According to river regulars, Magazine Beach is still your best bet for multi-species catches—just park and walk down past the rowing docks for easy shoreline access. For heavier smallmouth limits, try up by the Arsenal Street Bridge, focusing on rocky edges and sudden depth changes between the old pilings.Local catch logs earlier this week showed singles and doubles for bass right after sun-up, with perch and crappie mixed in by mid-morning. Pickerel numbers have increased, with several reported in the 18–22” range, mostly taken with flashy spoons and live minnows under bobbers.In short, if you’re headed out today, bring fresh bait, downsize your plastics, and don’t shy away from finesse tactics. With tides turning in your favor and stable weather, odds are strong you’ll land a solid mixed bag, especially near Magazine Beach and up at Watertown.Thanks for tuning in to the Charles River fishing report. Be sure to subscribe for more local updates and tips—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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