April 8, 2018

Lauren Collins ​Greetings My Fishing Cape Codders!  Lauren here, bringing you another episode of living life as the wife of Ryan Collins.  Let's jump right in, shall we? The day started with the sun shining, the birds chirping, a slight wind and a little nip in the air. Spring has ...

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An Early April “Escape To The Cape”
March 19, 2018

Ryan Collins In this seminar presentation I will take you through a full season of fishing on Cape Cod. You will learn how and where to target big stripers, tuna, albies and other species from Cape Cod’s many inlets, bays, jetties, harbors, beaches, estuaries and of course the canal. This ...

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How To Make The Most Of Your 2018 Cape Cod Fishing Season
November 3, 2017

Ryan Collins It may be November and it's no doubt getting late in the Cape Cod fishing season, but schoolie striped bass are still present on Cape in strong numbers.On Wednesday morning November 1st, I decided to do some surfcasting for stripers. It was the first time I had been ...

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Schoolie Stripers Are Still Abundant On Cape Cod
October 21, 2017

Ryan Collins This week I've fished from Cape Cod Bay, to the Cape Cod Canal, south through Buzzard's Bay and into the town of Falmouth, for albies and striped bass.Today while fishing from the 12ft tin boat, my friend Jason and I caught more than 40 stripers, "almost" caught an ...

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Canal Region & Upper Cape Cod | October 21st Report
October 4, 2017

Garet SuomalaHello My Fishing Cape Cod friends. Its me again, yes Garet Suomala. I bet you all have missed me, since I have not been writing in a while. Sorry about that!So without further a-do, here we go. During this trip I had the privilege of going out fishing with ...

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Late Summer Stripers to 35 Pounds
September 14, 2017

Ryan Collins During September throughout Cape Cod & the Islands, small baitfish known locally as "peanut bunker" begin to move along the shoreline.These fish travel in large dense schools containing thousands upon thousands of fish. Needless to say the schools of peanut bunker often attract the attention of striped bass, ...

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Peanut Bunker Bass Blitzes Have Begun!
August 22, 2017

Ryan Collins Not surprisingly, the old reliable tube and worm continues to work for myself and my crews as we inch towards the end of August. The tube and worm can be a lethal addition to your arsenal, especially if you primarily fish Cape Cod during daylight hours. There is just ...

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Tube & Worming the “Dog Days” of Summer
August 10, 2017

Ryan Collins Some people think trolling tube and worm for striped bass is boring, and I understand the reasons why.However for me, trolling the tube is exciting. Tube and worming is also one of the most effective ways to catch big bass on Cape Cod during the heat of August.  Oftentimes when trolling ...

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How to Troll Tube & Worm on Cape Cod
July 20, 2017

On the evening of July 14th big stripers were swirling all around my kayak, and it was obvious to me that most of the fish were 35 pounds or larger.This was a serious school of cow striped bass, and I wondered if my 9 weight fly rod could handle these ...

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46in Cape Cod Striper on the Fly Rod
July 15, 2017

Ryan Collins This July my friend Jason and I have been catching big striped bass during broad daylight from our 12ft tin boat.With no sonar or GPS, catching big fish from the tin boat is definitely a more "primal" fishing experience, which is proving to be a ton of fun! ...

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Big Mid-July Stripers from the 12ft Tin Boat
July 10, 2017

Ryan CollinsSummer is a special time to be a fisherman on Cape Cod. The fishing can be incredible, especially when bass school up on sand eels. This past June, massive schools of sand eels poured into Billingsgate Shoal during the month of June. This sparked prolonged topwater feeds as stripers slurped them off ...

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Fishing Billingsgate Shoal with Laura Jay Charters
June 10, 2017

Ryan Collins Yesterday morning while fishing a shallow water sandbar off Cape Cod, a school of hundreds of striped bass appeared from out of nowhere and began circling around my feet.Most of the fish were schoolies but I did see some bass in the 40 inch class swimming in about ...

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Hundreds of Striped Bass in 3ft of Water off Cape Cod