Late Summer Fishing on Martha's Vineyard - Stripers, Blues, and More | Quiet Please Fishing Report

Artificial Lure here with your Martha’s Vineyard fishing report for Sunday, August 24th, 2025. Sunrise hit at 5:59am and sunset will roll around at 7:28pm, giving anglers a sweet, long bite window to work. According to CapeTides.com, high tides are at 2:47am and 3:18pm, with lows washing in at 10:03am and 10:16pm. These moving waters can trigger strong feeding runs, especially around points and creek mouths[2]. Weather’s serving up warm, calm conditions with just a whiff of a southerly breeze grabbing at the beaches—classic late-summer Vineyard. Folks fishing Menemsha and Lobsterville have been cheering a steady run of schoolie stripers, particularly on the outgoing tide. A couple of slot-size bass were reportedly hauled off the jetty yesterday morning before the sun reached the tree line. Bluefish popped up off Cape Poge and Wasque—nothing massive, but feisty six- to eight-pounders keeping arms busy. There’s scup action at Oak Bluffs and Edgartown piers, a hit with families and folks looking to fill a cooler. On the bottom, sea bass are still lurking around boulder piles off East Chop and Squibnocket. Blue crabs are thick in the ponds—kids and old-timers dragging handlines are rarely leaving empty-handed. Word around town and on the Tidal Fish Forum is that local surfcasters have been favoring small SP Minnows in bone or silver/black, especially when fishing dusk-to-dark. If you’re plugging, don’t overlook a white bucktail dressed with pork rind—stripers can’t lay off it, and it gets down in the current. Bait-wise, if you can score live eels or seaworms, you’re golden for after-dark stripers. Cut menhaden or squid strips are grabbing bluefish and even the occasional doormat fluke dragging around the sandy flats near Katama. Hot spots today? Menemsha Channel at the first light incoming tide, and Wasque Point in the afternoon for blues and the odd bonito that’s started zipping through on herring schools. The Lagoon Pond Bridge is still giving up scup and an honest shot at stray keeper fluke. Tour boats out of Oak Bluffs are reporting solid, steady catches for folks using both bait and lures, so pick your flavor and get after it[8]. The scene’s still lively ahead of the fall derby, with plenty of life in the water and crowds lightening up just a bit now that the Agricultural Fair has wrapped up. That’s your update from Vineyard waters. Thanks for tuning in to your local report. Don’t forget to subscribe for more—this has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.