Vineyard Fishing Report: Bracing for Gales, Scallops as Plan B

Good morning anglers, Artificial Lure here with your Martha’s Vineyard fishing report for Tuesday, November 11, 2025. If you’re awake with the first gulls, you’ll want the details: today's sunrise was at 6:26 a.m. and sunset will hit early at 4:25 p.m., giving us those classic short November days. The tide chart for Edgartown shows a high tide at 4:23 a.m., low tide at 9:39 a.m., then another high at 4:34 p.m. and a low tonight at 10:23 p.m. Over on the south shore, Long Point and Lucy Vincent both check in with a visible +0.3 ft low around 5:41 a.m. and the evening flood rolling in around dinner, so plan your casts around those windows for extra action. According to Surfline, that late afternoon tide looks best for setting up on either side of sunset. Coastal weather’s serving us a breezy warning—NOAA has a Gale Warning hoisted for Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds through mid-day tomorrow, with northeast winds staying cranking and a chill in the air. Bundle up; it’s a raw one today with temps topping out in the low 40s and gusts strong enough to salt your lips. That means surf anglers and pier hounds will have the easier job than small boaters, but hardy skippers snuggled into the leeward shorelines may still find some shelter, especially inside Menemsha Pond and along the eastern lee at East Chop. Fish activity is classic shoulder-season Vineyard. According to the latest notes and word of mouth on the island docks, the striper migration has mostly slid south but not completely—local sharpies on the south shore and breachways are still finding a handful of schoolies at dawn and dusk, especially where the herring or peanut bunker are trapped on outgoing tides. Fewer pods, but the fish are hungry and aggressive with much less pressure now that the crowds are gone. Over at Lobsterville and Dogfish Bar, a few anglers logged some healthy holdover bass this week, mostly shorties but with rumors of a legal fish or two in the mix. Mid-November is prime time for patience; focus on working deeper cuts and rips on moving water. The real hot bite is the Martha’s Vineyard bay scallop harvest—Turk’s Seafood lists them as their daily special, indicating the shellfishing is strong if you want to fill a basket and your stomach. It’s a great plan-B if the winds or stripe bass don’t cooperate. Best lures right now are classic Vineyard fall fare: swim shads in bright white or chartreuse for surf, and scaled-down bucktail jigs tipped with soft plastics. Metal spoons like Kastmasters or Hopkins work well on burning retrieves for any roaming bluefish, though most of the blues have thinned out. For bait, chunked mackerel or fresh squid have pulled late-season stripers, and plugs like Needlefish or SP Minnows are still fooling the few big fish still in the rips. For the fly folks, a big white Deceiver or olive Clouser fished deep on an intermediate line has been the ticket. Your best bets for fishing hot spots today: - Dogfish Bar in Aquinnah is the November classic, This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.