May 20, 2013

Last night (technically this morning) my high school buddy Andrew and I set off to fish the Cape Cod Canal at night. Night fishing the Cape Cod Canal is one of my favorite types of fishing because you often have the place to yourself, plus there is a good chance ...

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Night Fishing the Cape Cod Canal | May 20 Report
May 20, 2013

Continued from the post Night Fishing the Cape Cod Canal | May 20 Report I hustled down the rip rap as quickly as I could without taking a tumble on a the jagged rocks. My headlamp was bouncing all over creation as I jostled through the sea weed towards Andrew. By ...

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Night Fishing the Cape Cod Canal | May 20 Extended Report
May 10, 2013

With each passing day more bass, and larger bass, are filtering into Cape Cod's bays, sounds, harbors, estuaries and of course the Canal. Right now is an awesome time to be a striped bass fishermen. It's an even better time to fish Cape Cod from the surf. We might as ...

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Cape Cod Canal Fishing Report | May 10
May 10, 2013

Continued from the post Cape Cod Canal Fishing Report | May 10 Instantly the bass took notice, turned and hammered the pencil popper. I was on instantly with a good bass. My rod bent hard towards the water's surface as line began to peel from the reel. Fish on! And ...

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Extended Cape Cod Canal Fishing Report | May 10
May 9, 2013

I would first like to say thank you for your patience yesterday while the MFCC website was down. Quite a few people emailed me letting me know that something was wrong, which was really great. We should be in the clear now, but of course if you find something that ...

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Cape Cod Canal Fishing Report | May 8
May 9, 2013

Continued from the post Cape Cod Canal Fishing Report | May 8 The plug landed just beyond and to the left of the bass. As I began the retrieve I realized it was not just one fish, but an entire school of bass that were molesting a school of what ...

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Extended Cape Cod Canal Fishing Report | May 8
November 11, 2012

The 2012 fishing season was incredible. Even dolphins showed up in areas where you normally just don't see dolphins.  Photo courtesy of Paul Morgan. Earlier last week bass above the 20 pound mark were still being taken at the Cape Cod Canal.  While big bass in November are not unheard ...

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Is It All Over? | November 11 Report
November 5, 2012

A nice schoolie striper taken on the bottom using a big Slug-go. Well here we are 5 days into November and the striped bass fishing is still holding strong-especially at the Cape Cod Canal.  Who would have thought? This past weekend I hit up the Canal with a friend of ...

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Hot November Action at the Cape Cod Canal | November Weekend Report
November 1, 2012

So I was pretty curious as to how Hurricane Sandy would affect fishing on Cape Cod.  Would it kill whatever is left of the 2012 Cape Cod striped bass fishing season, or would things heat up again? Well I headed down to the Cape Cod Canal this evening to find ...

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Big November Striped Bass | Fishing Report for Nov. 1
November 1, 2012

I'll just cut straight to the chase with this one.  The Canal was on fire this morning but I missed the bite.  Luckily I was able to get down there tonight and scratch out one real nice fish. There are a bunch of sea herring outside the East Entrance of ...

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Extended November 1 Cape Cod Canal Fishing Report
October 26, 2012

October is a pretty wild month here on Cape Cod (and across New England for that matter).  Earlier this week while fishing Cape Cod I was freezing my buns off while yesterday I was worried about getting sun burnt. Last year much of New England experienced a snow storm in ...

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Solid Canal Bite and Jumping Bluefins | October 26 Report
October 22, 2012

Cape Cod Canal fishing, unlike other areas of Cape Cod, seems to remain strong and steady right to the bitter end of the Cape Cod striped bass fishing season.  Last season the Canal had bass right into the month of November.  Based on the amount of life I saw in ...

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Consistent Cape Cod Canal Striper Action | October 19-21 Report