As I write this Cape Cod fishing report the wind is howling at close to 30 mph from the northeast. This morning I drove by the Sandwich Marina, after fishing the Cape Cod Canal, and there was not a single truck and trailer in the parking lot. My guess is the 3-5 foot waves have scared most fishermen, including myself, from trying to fish Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards' Bay, east of Chatham and just about everywhere else.
Yet before the blow the striped bass fishing on Cape Cod was pretty good. In this past week's podcast we talked about how finicky Cape Cod striped bass can be during late July, and while I encountered plenty of finicky stripers this week, I also found some much more aggressive fish. The bite for me was slightly better than the week before with my largest striped bass of the week tipping the scales at 36 pounds.
