November 17, 2025

This past Saturday morning, November 15th, I woke at 3 AM to a sight that makes any angler’s heart race—trees standing perfectly still against a star-filled sky. At 34 degrees with zero wind, conditions were ideal for chasing late-season stripers in Cape Cod’s hidden backwater sanctuaries. While I can’t reveal the exact location—I can share something

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Finding Peace (and Stripers) in Cape Cod’s Backwaters
October 25, 2025

This post was originally published in November of 2024. We figured it was a good idea to re-publish this post now, because fingers crossed the Outer Cape will experience good fishing again this November! November. For surfcasters on the outer beaches, this is usually the month that has us looking in the rearview mirror at

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November Surfcasting on the Outer Cape
August 27, 2025

As summer winds down and early fall fishing patterns begin to emerge, Cape Cod’s waters are showing mixed results across different fisheries. Sam Mullen of the Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans provides us with a comprehensive look into what’s happening in the region’s most productive areas and the tactics that are producing results.

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Where Fish Are Biting As Fall Approaches with Sam Mullen of the Goose Hummock Shop
July 29, 2025

The dog days of summer have arrived on Cape Cod, bringing scorching temperatures that push the mercury north of 90 degrees creating challenging conditions. Sam Mullen of the Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans provides details on how this late July period requires a tactical shift in approach, moving away from traditional surfcasting patterns.

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Late July Dog Days Fishing Report with Sam Mullen of the Goose Hummock
April 15, 2025

I am fortunate to call Cape Cod my home. I was born and raised in the small town of Orleans, where driving out on the “Outer Beach” (also known to many surfcasters as “The Great Beach”) was a Sunday tradition for my family. Although I never did much fishing from shore in my younger days,

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Surfcasting the Outer Cape During “The Spring Run”
April 7, 2025

Fishing in Provincetown, Massachusetts goes back centuries, well before the Pilgrims arrived on the Cape’s sandy shores. In fact, fishermen of a bygone era once landed mammoth 100 plus pound codfish, door-size halibut, haddock, and a variety of other valuable fish species right off the P-town coast. The fishing today may not be as incredible, but it’s

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Fishing in Provincetown, Massachusetts
November 10, 2024

On November 4th, the adventure began with a 1:30 a.m. wake-up call. My destination: Falmouth Marine Park, where I was set to meet Captain Willy Hatch for a day of fishing onboard a My Fishing Cape Cod group trip. The goal? To land tuna, cod, and pollock off the coast of Cape Cod. Despite the

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November Tuna, Cod & Pollock with Captain Willy Hatch
October 31, 2024

On Tuesday (10/29/24), I was fortunate to fish with Capt. Tyler Putney @Flatliner Charters and three other members of MFCC for striped bass. We left from the Bass River/Smuggler’s beach boat ramp about 8:30 am and headed east toward Monomoy Island. We were all wearing layers since the temp was a “balmy” 34 degrees when we

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Late October Striper Fishing at the Monomoy Rips
October 16, 2024

Jigging for cod can be an exciting and effective way to catch these delicious groundfish, and last week I had the opportunity to do some cod jigging on Friday October 4th with MFCC member Bruno Demir. Also onboard for this cod jigging trip were Bruno’s friends and family members Eddy Kooyomjian, Doug Maki, Uncle Izzy and

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Jigging for Cod during the Fall off the Cape
October 1, 2024

Welcome to our first October edition of the My Fishing Cape Cod Podcast presented by Cape & Islands Mitsubishi! In this episode we are joined by Eddie Kooyomjian of Monomoy Tackle to discuss the variety of species available on Cape during the fall run. This podcast will discuss the active funny fish bite off the south

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October 1st Fall Run Report with Eddie Kooyomjian of Monomoy Tackle
September 13, 2024

Welcome to another episode of the My Fishing Cape Cod Podcast presented by Cape & Islands Mitsubishi! In this podcast, we are joined by Sam Mullen of the Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans, Massachusetts. Sam leads off today’s show with a full Funny Fish report of plentiful amounts of Bonito and False Albacore off the south

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September 13th Funny Fish, Striped Bass, and Tuna Report with Sam Mullen
August 25, 2024

This post was originally published here inside our members’ forum on August 16th, 2024. I was lucky to receive one of the new MFCC “All Around” 7-foot rods earlier this week and I had the chance to take it out surf casting this morning.  I had heard there were some great blitzes of stripers on the

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Surfcasting Review of “The All Around”