May 13, 2026

The 2026 Cape Cod fishing season is officially underway, and if this first report from Sam Mullen of the Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans is any indication, it’s shaping up to be a season worth getting excited about. From freshwater trout in the kettle ponds to migratory striped bass pushing through the Cape Cod Canal and Cape Cod Bay, there’s plenty of action to be had.

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First Cast Freshwater & Saltwater Report with Sam Mullen of the Goose Hummock
May 9, 2026

It smelled like low tide and rotting green crab, the wind was howling at 30 knots out of the southwest, and my line was fouled with seaweed on nearly every cast.I was having a blast.30-knot winds out of the southwest made for challenging conditions on Buzzards Bay, May 4th.I arrived at the jetty at 1:45pm

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Tautog Are Here — But You’ll Have to Earn Them!
May 8, 2026

I pulled into the harbor at 9:30am and had the place almost entirely to myself. A few charter boats lingered at the docks waiting for their customers. A commercial mackerel boat eased in from the bay. Light drizzle tapped the water and an onshore wind pushed small ripples across the harbor. It was quiet — wonderfully, almost eerily quiet — in that way Cape Cod only is for a few more weeks before Memorial Day Weekend arrives and flips the switch.

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Winter Flounder, a Brand New SeaVee, and a Cape Cod Morning I Won’t Forget!
May 6, 2026

I pulled on my waders, grabbed the spinning rod and the fly rod, and made my way to the mouth of an estuary on the Lower Cape — the same system I’ve been fishing this spring, but this time closer to where it dumps into the bay, not back upstream where I was on April 13th and again on April 27th.

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She Ran East and Took My Line With Her | The Cape Cod Striper Season Is Waking Up
May 4, 2026

With the spring saltwater fishing season about to kick into high gear, we wanted to remind you about The Weekly Spot – a service designed to help members explore different regions of the Cape and discover new productive waters. So many of you have been asking for guidance on specific areas and wanting to expand

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Uncover Cape Cod’s Best Fishing Spots
May 3, 2026

For some anglers, fishing is a solitary pursuit born of necessity rather than choice. Danielle Rea knows this reality well. Growing up in a Connecticut beach community with an avid fisherman father, she developed a lifelong passion for the sport, but as an adult, she often found herself fishing alone. That changed when she discovered the

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From Solo Angler to Community Member: Danielle’s MFCC Journey
May 1, 2026

Everyone’s waiting for the big striper migration. The texts, the forum posts, the “are they here yet?” questions are already flooding in. And the honest answer is: the main push of fresh migratory striped bass has not yet arrived on Cape Cod. But there are bass here right now. Perhaps you’ve seen the photos in the

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I Woke Up at 3:15am to Fly Fish for Cape Cod’s Early Season Stripers — Here’s What I Found
April 29, 2026

Cape Cod isn’t just stripers and bluefish. In this video, I fish three different freshwater ponds across the Cape in roughly 24 hours — chasing stocked rainbows and Eastern Brook Trout in some of the most peaceful, overlooked corners of this peninsula.

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Spring Trout Fishing 3 Cape Cod Ponds in 24 Hours
April 26, 2026

The Insider Series brings you never-before-published seminar recordings from some of Cape Cod’s most respected charter captains and local anglers. These exclusive presentations were recorded at live My Fishing Cape Cod events but have remained in the vault—until now. Released monthly from November through May, these sessions provide essential winter education while you’re dreaming of the

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Insider Series #6: Rip Fishing, Pogies, and Offshore Tactics with Captains Tyler Putney and Cullen Lundholm
April 25, 2026

Registration for spring group fishing trips opened this Thursday, April 30th at 7pm, and we have still have a few open spots on some incredible trips lined up with four of Cape Cod’s best charter captains.Here’s what dropped at launch:Winter Flounder — Captain Mike Fowler, Bad Dog Sportfishing📅 May 3 & May 25 | $275/personCaptain

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May Group Fishing Trips
April 24, 2026

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 freezing rain and temperatures hovering just above 32 degrees. Nevertheless, the

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How To Catch Squid On Cape Cod
April 22, 2026

It was with a heavy heart that I heard the news that Carl Johansen, one of the most beloved members of our My Fishing Cape Cod community, passed away last week at the age of 91. Carl was many things to many people. To the town of Sandwich, he was a Navy veteran, a civic champion,

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Farewell to Carl Johansen: A Fisherman, a Mentor, and a Lasting Voice in Our Community