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I was standing on a bar 200 yards from dry land, in water that barely covered my boots, and there were striped bass swimming right in front of my feet.Whitewater in every direction. Peanut bunker in the wash. The backs and tails of stripers cutting through the foam close enough to touch.And an hour earlier, …
It’s easy to walk right past some of the best water on Cape Cod because it looks like any other pile of rocks.Today I want to share a secret. Boulder fields are fishy. Everyone knows that. But a boulder field with current sweeping through it is a different animal entirely. That’s where big striped bass …
Welcome to another edition of the My Fishing Cape Cod Podcast presented by Cape & Islands Mitsubishi and The Olde Cape Carwash. In this podcast, we are joined by Sam Mullen of the Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans.
Sam gives a firsthand report on a productive fall run tautog fishery, surfcasting for fall run stripers, and exploring the freshwater kettle ponds of Cape Cod.
...The birds always know first. Wednesday, October 7th. Sunrise on Cape Cod Bay. Flat calm, a gentle swell rolling in, barely a whisper of wind. The tide had been coming in for about two hours, and the sky was doing that thing where it turns the whole bay pink and gold. Then I heard them. Terns screaming. Gulls …
Table of Contents Saturday 9/26: Find the LeeMonday 9/28: Trusting a HunchWednesday 9/30: The Fish That Said No ThanksWhy the Storm Was the Story On Saturday September 26th, the wind was gusting near 50 mph. Rain came sideways. And I had about two hours.Lauren was in Charleston with friends, I was solo-dadding our two-year-old, and …
This past Monday September 21st started like most of my mornings do: coffee, a few hours of work, getting our two-year-old up, breakfast with my wife. Then the house emptied out, and I stood at the window watching the trees bend under a northeast wind that had been building all night.It was day one of …
This past week I traded my usual surf rod for something a little different — a six-foot-six ultralight spinning setup, rated for lures as light as one-sixteenth of an ounce, spooled with 15-pound braid and a 15-pound fluorocarbon leader. No waders, no 3am alarm, no giant plugs. Just a bathing suit, a tiny rod, and …
Welcome to another edition of the My Fishing Cape Cod Podcast presented by Cape & Islands Mitsubishi and The Olde Cape Carwash. In this episode, we are joined by Ian McPartland of The Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans.
Ian gives a well rounded surfcasting report on striped bass, bluefish, bonito, false albacore, and fresh water largemouth bass!
...Busting the Midday Myth There’s a common myth in fishing that in the heat of summer, you can’t catch stripers from shore during the daytime on Cape Cod — especially in the mud-bottomed backwaters. But I left my house yesterday on July 24th with the goal of proving otherwise.My tool of choice was my 8wt …
*This report was originally published on July 31st, 2018. Today I’ve decided to re-publish this post, because sharks can be caught June-September from shore throughout the Cape & Islands. For years now I have heard about people catching sharks from the beaches of Cape Cod. In fact, Ryan Franklin and other members from My Fishing …
Welcome to another summer edition of the My Fishing Cape Cod Podcast presented by Cape & Islands Mitsubishi and The Olde Cape Carwash. In this podcast, we are joined by Ian McPartland of the Goose Hummock in Orleans.
Ian has been hitting the beaches of Cape Cod hard over the holiday weekend and the during the northeast blow earlier this week. He delivers reports on Cape Cod Bay, Provincetown, the backside beaches, and the south side.
...I set my alarm for 3 a.m. That’s the kind of decision that sounds crazy to most people, but anyone who has stood on a remote Cape Cod beach in the pale light before dawn — salt air in your lungs, miles of coastline stretching out ahead of you with no one else in sight — …
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