April 11, 2024

It’s still super early in the season to be fishing for stripers.  The first migratory schoolie striped bass of the year probably won’t show up for another three weeks. Nevertheless, yesterday afternoon I felt that familiar “itch” to head out and give striper fishing a try regardless of the fact that it’s honestly too early to

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Fishing Wareham for Holdover Stripers
April 8, 2024

With bright sunshine and temps in the mid 50’s, I figured today was as good a day as any to try for my first tog of the season.  Yes it’s still wicked early, but you never know unless you go! However this adventure actually began yesterday afternoon, when I visited one of my reliable green crab

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Trying for Tautog | April 8th Report
March 2, 2024

In the second episode of season 7 of My Fishing Cape Cod TV I began by going bottom fishing for black sea bass with MFCC members Eddy Kooyomjian and Josh Sawyer, and Josh’s kids Jordan and Jason. In the episode I included a couple “calls to action” prompting viewers to visit this blog post for extra

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Sea Bass Episode | Extra Info
February 6, 2024

Fishing enthusiasts and angling aficionados, gather around as we dive into a comprehensive Zoom call crafted from a seasoned fisherman’s insights. Our journey through this 1hr and 30 minute Zoom is tailored to elevate your 2024 springtime fishing experience, focusing on 3 different fish types, including the cunning Tautog, the beautiful Black Sea Bass, and the

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Springtime Inshore Fishing Zoom Call with Captain Cullen of Cape Star Charters
December 26, 2023

It’s been a hell of a year! 2023 was the first year in the past 25 years that Little Sister did not fish Quincy, and there is not much hope for Quincy in 2024 either.  We did have a flounder substitute called Cape Cod which was great as long as the weather cooperated.   Westport provided some

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Flounder, Fluke, Sea Bass & More | 2023 Season Recap with capt. Jason Colby
November 6, 2023

This past season I went fishing twice with MFCC member Calvin Toran-Sandlin. During both trips we fished gnarly rock strewn areas.  I’ll write up a full post about the experience as soon as I can, but in the meantime I wanted to share a little video footage from our first trip together.  In this video, you’ll get

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Lures & Gear for Fishing Cape Cod’s Boulder Fields from Shore
November 3, 2023

Since starting My Fishing Cape Cod in 2011, we’ve had many excellent reports, articles, videos and other contributions from members. Today I’m excited to share with you a comprehensive PDF created by New England outdoors writer, John D. Silva. This PDF taps out at 1,333 words and includes photographs. I would classify this PDF as a

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Surfcaster’s Guide To Fishing Cuttyhunk Island
October 17, 2023

This post was originally published in June of 2017. My teaching career began many years ago. I was a young man being trusted to educate 7th graders at Plymouth Community Intermediate School.  This task consumed me.  I struggled during my first year to make Social Studies come alive. One of the units I taught was about

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Cuttyhunk Island | My Best Lesson
September 26, 2023

*This article recaps a trips that occurred on April 26th 2022. Tautog fishing from shore has been on my bucket list of Cape Cod fishing ideas for quite a while now. I’ve had some success in the past tautog fishing from shore, but it has always been hit and miss. That’s why this spring, I

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Tautog Fishing from Shore
September 14, 2023

*This post was originally published on September 4th of 2019. Catching keeper-size fluke is typically easier when fishing from a boat. However, there are  areas scattered throughout Cape Cod & the Islands where it’s very possible to catch fluke from shore. In this post I’d like to recap a very fun shore bound fluke fishing trip. Although this

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Fluke Fishing on Cape Cod from Shore
August 8, 2023

In this episode, we chat with diehard surfcaster Calvin Toran-Sandlin about scouting locations and customizing your gear and lures for late August shore fishing. Written Transcript*Please forgive typos and grammatical mistakes as this transcript was generated by a computer.Well, hello and welcome to another edition of the My Fishing Cape Cod Podcast here from my

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August Surfcasting Update with MFCC Member Calvin Toran-Sandlin
July 15, 2023

Today we have a brand new podcast hosted by my cousin Kevin, with special guest Calvin Toran-Sandlin who you may know from the Surfcasters’ Thread inside our forum. This show is all about targeting really big striped bass and brown sharks from shore during the heat of the summer. I’ve also included a written transcript below.

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Catching “Slobs” & Sharks During The Dog Days of Summer