January 8, 2021

Ryan CollinsBack in early June of the 2019 Cape Cod fishing season, I headed out to a beach in this general area of the Cape, during the middle of the afternoon to catch the high tide.  Striped bass had been coming extremely close to shore before and after high tide, which created a pretty cool sight-fishing

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Sight Fishing for Striped Bass on Cape Cod with the Hyperlastics Dart Spin Pro
December 14, 2020

Back in September of 2018, my mom Kathy and I headed out onto Cape Cod Bay for a morning of tube and worm trolling.During this trip I used my sonar to locate the schools, and then I trolled one tube and worm fished on lead core directly through the center of each school.The majority of

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Tube & Worm Trolling for Big Stripers with My Mom
November 30, 2020

Since it hit the market a couple years ago, the Dartspin has proven to be a popular and effective lure for striped bass. The dart spin is an ultra-durable soft plastic lure. I am not sure what type of material the lure is made out of, but I have been told it can even withstand small

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Stormy-Day Dartspin Fishing for Striped Bass on Cape Cod
November 23, 2020

Back on November 7th I hosted a group of members from My Fishing Cape Cod for a live presentation, Q&A session, and online meetup.During this event I shared a video presentation which featured some of my favorite video clips from the 2020 Cape Cod spring fishing season. Content included squid fishing, tautog fishing, striper fishing and

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Live Presentation Recording: Spring 2020 Video Review
November 21, 2020

After adding a few more frisky mackerel to the live well, I punched in the GPS setting and turned Wingman east toward Billingsgate Shoal, located along the eastern side of Cape Cod Bay.  It was a prefect early June day, with bright blue skies and a light breeze out of the south. Aboard for this season’s

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Wingman Sportfishing 2020 Season-In-Review | Part #1
November 15, 2020

In this members-only report, I’d like to share with you additional video footage of striped bass chasing and attacking a white fly underwater. I’m also going to share extra information about how I filmed this footage, as well as some general location information for where this was filmed.Please scroll below to access the additional content and

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Extended Report | Stripers Attacking Flies Underwater
August 16, 2020

In this new video, you’ll go underwater to watch as a massive school of menhaden (pogies) actively filter-feeds along the ocean bottom. After watching, I feel you will have a better understanding why menhaden are often referred to as the “vacuum cleaners” of the ocean!I used underwater cameras to film this school of menhaden last week

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Filter-Feeding Menhaden | Caught On Camera
July 29, 2020

If that title doesn’t draw you into this post, then I don’t know what will! That’s right, this girl out-fished the “one and only” Ryan Collins, fair and square. Ryan has been meaning to publish this post for a long time. I wonder if the fact that I out-fished him has something to do with why

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How I Out-Fished My Husband
July 17, 2020

Note from Ryan: This post was originally published on August 4th of 2015. I figured now would be a good time to re-publish this post, because there has been growing interest in the forum about raking your own sand eels. This past Friday morning I received a text message invitation from MFCC member “frankzappa” asking

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How to Rake for Sand Eels on Cape Cod
June 19, 2020

​Yesterday my friends from the Goose Hummock Shops published their weekly Cape Cod fishing report. Today I just wanted to share the video with you in case you’ve never tuned-in before to their YouTube channel.In yesterday’s report, Ian McPartland provided an update for fishing the waters surrounding Cape Cod. Click play below to check it out!

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June 18th Goose Hummock Fishing Report
June 13, 2020

​Yesterday my friends from the Goose Hummock Shops published their weekly Cape Cod fishing report. Today I just wanted to share the video with you in case you’ve never tuned-in before to their YouTube channel.In yesterday’s report, store manager Danny Jones provided a full update on everything from black sea bass, to bluefin tuna. Click play below

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June 12th Goose Hummock Fishing Report
June 8, 2020

​This past Thursday June 4th I had a unique opportunity to film and photograph a school of hundreds of striped bass as they hunted sand eels along the bottom and on the surface. The following footage and photographs were captured during one of our weekly group fishing trips. We offer these trips to members of My

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Striped Bass and Sand Eel Feeding Frenzy