It's been an exciting week, with more striped bass being caught with each passing day.
Today we have a brand new podcast with our usual cast of characters from around Cape Cod and the Islands.
Please click play below to listen to today's report! 👇
A lot of people from My Fishing Cape Cod have been having fun squid fishing so far this 2021 season - myself included! If you're a member of MFCC then you can see everyone's squid updates here.
Last week on May 6th I met up with Ryan Henry of the Goose Hummock Shops for an afternoon of squid fishing. Ryan had never been squid fishing before, so I was hoping the squid would cooperate.
We met at 2:30pm and quickly noticed that the wind was howling out of the northwest. Our plan was to fish from my little 12 foot boat powered by an 8hp, but I was concerned that the seas would be too choppy.
Tautog (also called blackfish) and scup (also called porgy) arrive in Cape waters during May and stick around throughout the spring, summer and fall.
Fishing Cape Cod for tautog and scup can be a lot of fun! Both species fight well and are often caught in the same spots using the same baits.
In the following video, I go fishing for tautog and scup from my kayak during early May of the 2020 season. Some of you might recognize this footage from episode 1 of season 4 of My Fishing Cape Cod TV.
Please click play below to check it out!
Online registration for 2021 My Fishing Cape Cod group fishing trips will open on Sunday May 16th at 3pm.
My mission with these trips is to offer an affordable way to experience some of the best fishing Cape Cod has to offer!
Saltwater fishing is getting better with each passing day. Schoolie stripers are showing up on Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod. It's an exciting time of the year.
In today's podcast, we speak with two brand new guests-Matt Reinemo from Nantucket Tackle Center and Abbie Schuster from Kismet Outfitters from the Vineyard.
Back on April 23 my friend Jeff and I ventured a little ways off Cape to a pond in southeastern Massachusetts in search of black crappies. For some reason black crappies never made it to the Cape in big numbers.
On this day we were fishing from Jeff's little Jon Boat. Fishing from a Jon Boat with a trolling motor can be a highly effective way to freshwater fish on Cape Cod and throughout Massachusetts.
Today we have a new podcast about springtime fishing in Vineyard Sound. If you fish off Falmouth and over towards Martha's Vineyard, then this podcast might be of interest to you.
This podcast was recorded with MFCC member Jack Collins (same last name but no relation 😎). Jack is 16 years old and is a sophomore at Falmouth High School.
Squid fishing on Cape Cod often gets good during late April and early May, when squid move into shallow water to spawn. This footage is from a squid fishing trip back on May 5th, 2020.
Below are the chapters (video timestamps) for this video, as well as extra information about fishing for squid off Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
00:00 - best underwater squid footage
00:52 - my introduction to the rest of the footage
01:20 - overview of time of year, squid jigs, tackle and other tips
03:15 - simple cooking tips for making fried calamari
Please click play below to watch! 👇
Cape Cod is famous for its’ saltwater fishing, however the Cape is also home to excellent trout fishing opportunities.
Right now many of the Cape’s ponds have been stocked with rainbow, brown, brook and tiger trout.
Trout will often swim together in schools, and if you can locate a school, then you can enjoy great action, as you'll see in today's Angler Education video.
Please click play below to check it out!
This article was originally published in May of 2020. I figured now would be a good time to re-publish, because squid will soon be arriving off the Cape!
Over the past week on Cape Cod we've enjoyed some sunny warm days, but we've also had some snow flurries!
Nevertheless the action with stripers, tautog, scup and squid has really picked up. I've even heard of there being a few bluefish caught.
In this fishing report, I'd like to bring you with me on my latest Cape Cod squid fishing adventure. I'm no squid expert, but in this post I will give you some helpful tips and advice for catching squid on your own.
So far this spring I have been having a blast freshwater fishing on Cape Cod for trout, bass, perch and other species.
Yesterday the weather on Cape was rainy and windy, but there have been plenty of bright and sunny days this April.
It's been great spending time fishing outside in the fresh salty air.
Welcome to another edition of the My Fishing Cape Cod podcast here on myfishingcapecod.com. I'm your host Kevin Collins back with you for another exciting edition of the podcast here in 2021.
Today's episode was recorded on April 22. For those of you who've been following along with the podcast this season, we've been mixing it up between our interview-type format and our fishing report-type format.
For this podcast we are going to publish an original fishing report style show with our roundtable of guests including MFCC founder Ryan Collins, Goose Hummock owner Phil Howarth, and MFCC member Bruno Demir of Cape & Islands Mitsubishi.
Over the past 7 days I've managed to get out freshwater fishing on Cape Cod on 3 different occasions.
During these trips I caught largemouth bass, brook, brown and rainbow trout, and even a small white perch!
Later in the week I'll publish a more in-depth fishing report about these adventures. Today I wanted to share a quick video clip of one of my favorite moments.
Please click play below to watch! 👇👇👇
Last weekend on Saturday April 10th I splashed our family's boat the Miss Loretta. For this trip I was with my dad Jake and my friend Garet.
We purchased a new 150hp Evinrude Etech at the end of last season, so our goal for this trip was to just make sure everything ran smoothly.
Our secondary goal was to just check things out along the canal and enjoy our first boat cruise of the year. It was a bit chilly on the water but it felt pretty good to be back out there!
The spring migration of striped bass is about 3 weeks away from reaching Cape Cod. Fishing for squid, haddock and tautog will also heat up as we progress into the month of April.
This podcast was recorded on April 9th, and in this show you'll get fishing reports from Ryan Collins, MFCC members Bruno Demir and John Figmic, and Erik Wisniewski from the Goose Hummock Shops.
Our next fishing report podcast will be two weeks from today, but once the Cape Cod saltwater fishing season really gets going we will plan on publishing these fishing reports and podcasts weekly.
