Today I wanted to let you know that tickets for the 2025 Season Kickoff Event on March 29th in Hyannis will go on sale beginning Saturday February 1st at 9am.
Tickets will be $25/person with all profits donated to the Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center and Fishing for the Mission 22.
Members of My Fishing Cape Cod will get first dibs on tickets and be able to purchase tix as soon as sales open on Saturday February 1st at 9am. Members may also purchase tickets for their non-member friends and family.
The general public will be welcome to purchase tickets beginning one week later on February 8th.
Click here to receive a reminder email so you don't miss out on your chance to get tickets!
Last year this event sold out, so I wanted to give members an opportunity to purchase tickets first before I open it up to the public.
The 2025 Season Kickoff is shaping up to be an action packed morning of fishing education and networking! It may seem like a long ways away, but trust me it will be here before we know it.
This year's kickoff will happen the morning of Saturday March 29th from 9am-1pm at the Hyport Conference Center in Hyannis.
The My Fishing Cape Cod Season Kickoff, presented by Cape & Islands Mitsubishi, will feature professional charter captains, surfcasting experts, and a selection of local vendors. I am just starting to recruit speakers and vendors, but so far we're going to have...
MC's
Bruno Demir of Cape & Islands Mitsubishi
Ryan Collins of My Fishing Cape Cod
Kevin Collins of My Fishing Cape Cod
Speakers
Cape Shore Fly Guide & Fly Tyler Chris Kokorda of Flywalker
Surfcaster Calvin Toran-Sandlin of My Fishing Cape Cod
Surfcasting Ian McPartland of the Goose Hummock
Canal diehard Tony Navarro
90yr old local expert Carl Johansen
Captain Mike Fowler of Bad Dog Sportfishing
Captain Cullen Lundholm of Cape Star Charters
Captain Tyler Putney of Flatliner Charters
Captain Tyler Macallister of the F/C Cynthia C and Off the Charts Sportfishing
and perhaps a few others!
Vendors
Monomoy Tackle
Fish Bandit Apparel and Charters
The Cape Cod Salties
Plymouth Coffee Company
Wave Crasher Designs Surf Bags
Off the Charts Sportfishing
Collector Gordon Correia (showcasing a 70.6lb Wally Brown striped bass mount)
MFCC Lure Recycling for Kids! (anglers under the age of 18 will get their pick of free lures from our new lure recycling initiative)
and others which I'll post here once confirmed!
Attending the kickoff will be a great way to meet people from My Fishing Cape Cod and improve your angling skills all at the same time.
100% of ticket sales will go to local organizations that support our veterans, and it will be a great opportunity to build community with all different levels of anglers.
Nonprofit Beneficiaries
Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center
Fishing for the Mission 22
During the Season Kickoff you will learn from some of Cape Cod's most experienced charter captains and local anglers. Subjects covered in our panel-style discussion will include various types of fishing, with a focus on stripers and tuna. This will be an amazing opportunity to network and access information you can't get anywhere else.
To learn more about what to expect, please view this post which recaps last year's kickoff event.
Last year we had over 200 people attend and we raised $4,000! This will be a wonderful opportunity to do something good for our local veteran community, while having a great time talking fishing.
Tight lines! 
This is always a great kickoff to the season. Great opportunity to learn from some very experienced people.
I’m really looking forward to meeting some of the newer members and seeing some of the long time members again.
Sounds awesome Ken. It will be terrific having you there!
Fantastic news bout the kick-off event in March! Can’t wait to come and listen to all the great speakers!
It’ll be here before we know it Gretchen. Happy to know you’re planning on attending. Thank you!
I’m unable to attend due to work but can still buy a ticket or donate. Will any of the speakers be recorded for those of us unable to make it?
Thank you Adriel for the offer to donate. I may create a donation page for those who can’t attend but still want to help raise money. I really appreciate that!
And yes, I do plan on recording the speakers.