Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your live Charles River fishing report for Wednesday, September 24, 2025.Today’s shaping up to be a fine late-September day on the river. Sun rose at 5:46 am and you can expect a sunset at 7:53 pm, giving you over 14 hours of daylight to wet a line. Right now, temps are sitting pretty at 68°F, barely a breeze at 4 mph, light clouds, and humidity around 76%. Water temps are holding steady at 62°F, a classic early fall pattern—get your hoodies ready, but keep those summer tactics handy, too. The river’s got a bit of mist, glassy stretches, and a perfect haze for stealthy casts, especially around dawn and dusk.Let’s talk tides. At the Charles River Dam, low tide hit early at 6:21 am at just under zero feet, and we’ll see it swing up to a healthy high tide at 12:30 pm, topping out near 9.1 feet. If you’re timing your outing, the best fishing windows are major periods from 7:08 to 9:08 am and 7:22 to 9:22 pm, with minor activity rolling around moonset at 5:17 to 6:17 am. The bite picks up at these edges, so hit the water early, or head out after supper for sunset action.Fish activity’s on the upswing. Recent word from local regulars and guides confirms solid bass feeds with the cooler temps overnight. Largemouth bass are pushing shallow in the early light, taking advantage of baitfish schooling up—expect topwater action over weed beds and structure near Magazine Beach and along Cambridge Esplanade. There’s also been a nice uptick in smallies below the Longfellow and Weeks bridges, especially near rocky banks and pilings.Pickerel and yellow perch are showing up more often, with perch hunting tight along riprap and pilings. If you’re targeting carp—those big golden subs are rolling in shallows by Herter Park and Soldier’s Field Road, often tailing up early in the morning.As for what’s working—locals are scoring huge on 3- to 4-inch soft plastics in shad or green pumpkin, either Texas-rigged or on a drop shot. Spinnerbaits with chartreuse skirts bring violent strikes when worked fast along current seams during outgoing tide. Stay ready with your poppers or buzzbaits for a dawn flurry—black or white are the top colors. Berkley PowerBait worms and Gulp! minnows have been the go-to if you want to switch things up.If live bait is your thing, nightcrawlers and shiners are the old faithfuls for all species, especially around pilings by the dam and along Western Avenue. Don’t forget cut corn and dough balls for those trophy river carp.A few hot spots to check out: try casting around the riprap near the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge—there’s been steady perch and some hefty bass pulled from shadows there this week. The outflow just below the Museum of Science always draws in schoolies during the tide swing—multiple reports of 2 to 3-pounders landed as dusk sets in. Up by Harvard boathouse, bass are ambushing baitfish off the ledges, and the west bank by Storrow Drive cranks out steady panfish action.No unusual catches or blue lobsters out there, but if you pull something rare, be sure to snap a photo and let the community know. Striper reports are quiet for now, but expect more schoolies near the mouth as we get into October.Whether you’re fishing solo or joining the regulars, today looks like a great day to be out on the Charles. So spool up, give those lures a second look, and enjoy the river.Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe and stay hooked for the next report. 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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