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Charles River Fishing Report August 10, 2025 - Stripers, Bass, and Panfish Bites
Artificial Lure here with your Charles River fishing report for Sunday, August 10th, 2025, coming to you straight outta Boston.
Let’s talk about conditions first. Today’s sunrise was at 5:46AM and you’ve got until sunset at 7:51PM to wet a line. The weather’s classic summer: temps flirting with the mid-80s by early afternoon, partly cloudy skies, and a light southeast wind making for pleasant casting.
On the tidal front, Tide-Forecast.com shows a low tide at 6:38AM, high at 12:51PM, then another low at 6:50PM. This morning’s outgoing tide lined up just after first light—prime time for ambush feeders to be on the prowl.
Now, onto the fish. The Charles has been heating up this August, with the “Boston Charles River Daily Fishing Report” podcast noting schoolie striped bass pushing upriver in hot pursuit of herring and rogue mackerel that’ve made their way in from the harbor. Lately, early risers working the banks have hooked up on stripers up to 24”, with a few reports of legal-size fish mixed in. Largemouth bass and the occasional smallmouth are holding to structure—look for rocks, dock pilings, and shade.
Pickerel and yellow perch remain active, especially as we get into warmer afternoons. White catfish and brown bullhead are solid options for folks soaking bait in the deeper bends. Sunfish are everywhere—bring a float and worm and you’re in business.
Best bets for lures: For stripers, topwater plugs like Heddon Super Spooks and Zara Spooks have crushed it early. If topwater slows, toss a 4-5” soft plastic paddle tail on a 1/4oz jighead. Largemouth are smashing green pumpkin finesse worms Texas-rigged and white spinnerbaits around the Echo Bridge and Herter Park stretches.
For live bait, you can’t go wrong with shiners for bass or chunk mackerel for stripers. Nightcrawlers will get you sunfish, perch, and the odd catfish. Toss those baits near bridge pilings or deep shaded banks for best results.
As for hotspots, two to hit today:
- **The Esplanade Docks**—built-up structure, shade, and current make this a magnet for bass, stripers, and panfish, especially at dawn.
- **Magazine Beach to Western Ave Bridge**—there’s deeper water, current seams, and it keeps producing multi-species action; great on the dropping afternoon tide.
A quick reminder: the Charles is a mixed urban river—expect surprises, and always handle fish with care, especially the bigger striped bass and resident bass. Most anglers have seen best results early and late, but the bite can pop off any time a bait pod drifts by.
That’s the scoop from the water. Thanks for tuning in—remember to subscribe for more daily local reports, tackle tips, and river chat. This has been a Quiet Please Production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
Let’s talk about conditions first. Today’s sunrise was at 5:46AM and you’ve got until sunset at 7:51PM to wet a line. The weather’s classic summer: temps flirting with the mid-80s by early afternoon, partly cloudy skies, and a light southeast wind making for pleasant casting.
On the tidal front, Tide-Forecast.com shows a low tide at 6:38AM, high at 12:51PM, then another low at 6:50PM. This morning’s outgoing tide lined up just after first light—prime time for ambush feeders to be on the prowl.
Now, onto the fish. The Charles has been heating up this August, with the “Boston Charles River Daily Fishing Report” podcast noting schoolie striped bass pushing upriver in hot pursuit of herring and rogue mackerel that’ve made their way in from the harbor. Lately, early risers working the banks have hooked up on stripers up to 24”, with a few reports of legal-size fish mixed in. Largemouth bass and the occasional smallmouth are holding to structure—look for rocks, dock pilings, and shade.
Pickerel and yellow perch remain active, especially as we get into warmer afternoons. White catfish and brown bullhead are solid options for folks soaking bait in the deeper bends. Sunfish are everywhere—bring a float and worm and you’re in business.
Best bets for lures: For stripers, topwater plugs like Heddon Super Spooks and Zara Spooks have crushed it early. If topwater slows, toss a 4-5” soft plastic paddle tail on a 1/4oz jighead. Largemouth are smashing green pumpkin finesse worms Texas-rigged and white spinnerbaits around the Echo Bridge and Herter Park stretches.
For live bait, you can’t go wrong with shiners for bass or chunk mackerel for stripers. Nightcrawlers will get you sunfish, perch, and the odd catfish. Toss those baits near bridge pilings or deep shaded banks for best results.
As for hotspots, two to hit today:
- **The Esplanade Docks**—built-up structure, shade, and current make this a magnet for bass, stripers, and panfish, especially at dawn.
- **Magazine Beach to Western Ave Bridge**—there’s deeper water, current seams, and it keeps producing multi-species action; great on the dropping afternoon tide.
A quick reminder: the Charles is a mixed urban river—expect surprises, and always handle fish with care, especially the bigger striped bass and resident bass. Most anglers have seen best results early and late, but the bite can pop off any time a bait pod drifts by.
That’s the scoop from the water. Thanks for tuning in—remember to subscribe for more daily local reports, tackle tips, and river chat. This has been a Quiet Please Production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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By Quiet. PleaseArtificial Lure here with your Charles River fishing report for Sunday, August 10th, 2025, coming to you straight outta Boston.
Let’s talk about conditions first. Today’s sunrise was at 5:46AM and you’ve got until sunset at 7:51PM to wet a line. The weather’s classic summer: temps flirting with the mid-80s by early afternoon, partly cloudy skies, and a light southeast wind making for pleasant casting.
On the tidal front, Tide-Forecast.com shows a low tide at 6:38AM, high at 12:51PM, then another low at 6:50PM. This morning’s outgoing tide lined up just after first light—prime time for ambush feeders to be on the prowl.
Now, onto the fish. The Charles has been heating up this August, with the “Boston Charles River Daily Fishing Report” podcast noting schoolie striped bass pushing upriver in hot pursuit of herring and rogue mackerel that’ve made their way in from the harbor. Lately, early risers working the banks have hooked up on stripers up to 24”, with a few reports of legal-size fish mixed in. Largemouth bass and the occasional smallmouth are holding to structure—look for rocks, dock pilings, and shade.
Pickerel and yellow perch remain active, especially as we get into warmer afternoons. White catfish and brown bullhead are solid options for folks soaking bait in the deeper bends. Sunfish are everywhere—bring a float and worm and you’re in business.
Best bets for lures: For stripers, topwater plugs like Heddon Super Spooks and Zara Spooks have crushed it early. If topwater slows, toss a 4-5” soft plastic paddle tail on a 1/4oz jighead. Largemouth are smashing green pumpkin finesse worms Texas-rigged and white spinnerbaits around the Echo Bridge and Herter Park stretches.
For live bait, you can’t go wrong with shiners for bass or chunk mackerel for stripers. Nightcrawlers will get you sunfish, perch, and the odd catfish. Toss those baits near bridge pilings or deep shaded banks for best results.
As for hotspots, two to hit today:
- **The Esplanade Docks**—built-up structure, shade, and current make this a magnet for bass, stripers, and panfish, especially at dawn.
- **Magazine Beach to Western Ave Bridge**—there’s deeper water, current seams, and it keeps producing multi-species action; great on the dropping afternoon tide.
A quick reminder: the Charles is a mixed urban river—expect surprises, and always handle fish with care, especially the bigger striped bass and resident bass. Most anglers have seen best results early and late, but the bite can pop off any time a bait pod drifts by.
That’s the scoop from the water. Thanks for tuning in—remember to subscribe for more daily local reports, tackle tips, and river chat. This has been a Quiet Please Production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
Let’s talk about conditions first. Today’s sunrise was at 5:46AM and you’ve got until sunset at 7:51PM to wet a line. The weather’s classic summer: temps flirting with the mid-80s by early afternoon, partly cloudy skies, and a light southeast wind making for pleasant casting.
On the tidal front, Tide-Forecast.com shows a low tide at 6:38AM, high at 12:51PM, then another low at 6:50PM. This morning’s outgoing tide lined up just after first light—prime time for ambush feeders to be on the prowl.
Now, onto the fish. The Charles has been heating up this August, with the “Boston Charles River Daily Fishing Report” podcast noting schoolie striped bass pushing upriver in hot pursuit of herring and rogue mackerel that’ve made their way in from the harbor. Lately, early risers working the banks have hooked up on stripers up to 24”, with a few reports of legal-size fish mixed in. Largemouth bass and the occasional smallmouth are holding to structure—look for rocks, dock pilings, and shade.
Pickerel and yellow perch remain active, especially as we get into warmer afternoons. White catfish and brown bullhead are solid options for folks soaking bait in the deeper bends. Sunfish are everywhere—bring a float and worm and you’re in business.
Best bets for lures: For stripers, topwater plugs like Heddon Super Spooks and Zara Spooks have crushed it early. If topwater slows, toss a 4-5” soft plastic paddle tail on a 1/4oz jighead. Largemouth are smashing green pumpkin finesse worms Texas-rigged and white spinnerbaits around the Echo Bridge and Herter Park stretches.
For live bait, you can’t go wrong with shiners for bass or chunk mackerel for stripers. Nightcrawlers will get you sunfish, perch, and the odd catfish. Toss those baits near bridge pilings or deep shaded banks for best results.
As for hotspots, two to hit today:
- **The Esplanade Docks**—built-up structure, shade, and current make this a magnet for bass, stripers, and panfish, especially at dawn.
- **Magazine Beach to Western Ave Bridge**—there’s deeper water, current seams, and it keeps producing multi-species action; great on the dropping afternoon tide.
A quick reminder: the Charles is a mixed urban river—expect surprises, and always handle fish with care, especially the bigger striped bass and resident bass. Most anglers have seen best results early and late, but the bite can pop off any time a bait pod drifts by.
That’s the scoop from the water. Thanks for tuning in—remember to subscribe for more daily local reports, tackle tips, and river chat. This has been a Quiet Please Production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn