Good morning anglers, Artificial Lure here with your Martha’s Vineyard fishing report for Friday, November 14, 2025.

Water temps are falling and the air’s got that crisp bite—it’s classic November Vineyard, but if you’re not hanging up the rods just yet, there’s still solid late-season action. **Sunrise hit at 6:27 this morning, sunset rolls in early at 4:24 p.m.**, so you’ll want to make the most of the daylight, especially those dawn and dusk windows when the fish are on the move.

**Tides today on the Vineyard run with a low around 3:00 a.m., high near 8:15 a.m., next low about 3:10 p.m., and another high into the evening**, based on Edgartown and Vineyard Haven tables. That gives you two solid tide swings to plan those outings—prime time is the last two hours of incoming or just as the outgoing lets loose.

**Weather’s on the chilly side**, starting out around 49 degrees, topping at about 50, with a light northwest wind and dropping to the upper 30s overnight—bundle up and watch out for that breeze, especially surfside.

**Fish activity this week’s been all about persistence.** The fall striper run’s not quite over: anglers are reporting scattered pods of **slot-sized striped bass**, mostly low- to mid-20 inchers, but with a shot at a keeper if you put in the time before sunup or after dark. *Boat and surfcasters both are picking away at fish on the south side beaches, with some schoolie action in the backwaters* according to the latest from the Martha’s Vineyard Fishing Report and Dick’s Bait and Tackle.

**Tautog is the best bet right now for those looking for a bend in the rod.** The jetties at Vineyard Haven, Oak Bluffs, and Menemsha are still producing—drop green crabs or Asian shore crabs on heavy rigs into the rocks, especially as the tide drops through the mid-morning. Folks are still hauling in enough for a fryer if you stay patient and work right in tight to structure.

**This week’s proven lures and baits:**
- For stripers: Classic white bucktail jigs with pork rind trailers, 5–7” white or olive soft plastics (think Hogy paddle tails), and slender swimmers like the Daiwa SP Minnow or black/silver Mag Darter—especially at dusk.
- For tautog: Green crabs or Asian shore crabs on stout tackle.
- If you find any lingering bluefish, metal spoons like Kastmasters burned quick will get bit.
- Fly anglers have had luck on sparse olive-and-white Clouser Minnows and Deceivers, especially worked slow in moving water.
- If you prefer bait, fresh chunked menhaden, squid, or mackerel will still pull a late-season linesider if you can find one feeding.

**Shellfishing remains hot, especially for bay scallops in Edgartown and Tashmoo—fantastic fallback if the wind howls or the stripers ghost you.**

**Two hot spots to circle today:**
- **Dogfish Bar in Aquinnah**—the post-high tide period with a southwest wind is the favorite, particularly right at first light.
- **Menemsha jetty and neighboring reefs**—for tautog, possible late black sea bass, and the occasional holdover striped bass.

Keen-eyed anglers are also sneaking browns and rainbows out of Tisbury Great Pond and other freshwater haunts, working small spoons and shiners as the trout chase fry in the shallows.

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