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I left the house at one o’clock in the afternoon this past Sunday, which if you know anything about surfcasting on Cape Cod, is a strange time to start a trip. Most of us are creatures of dawn, dusk and night. But I wasn’t chasing a normal window. I was chasing a hunch. The night before, …
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 — …
My first striped bass of the 2026 season — and she did not disappoint!In this video that was filmed on April 12th, I make the trek out to a hard-to-reach backwater spot on Cape Cod to chase holdover stripers before the main migration arrives. These are fish that have been quietly sitting in the warmest, …
I pulled on my waders, grabbed the spinning rod and the fly rod, and made my way to the mouth of an estuary on the Lower Cape — the same system I’ve been fishing this spring, but this time closer to where it dumps into the bay, not back upstream where I was on April 13th and again on April 27th.
...In today’s podcast and blog post, we introduce you to longtime My Fishing Cape Cod Member, Carol Girard-Irwin. For Carol, fishing has been a lifelong passion that began during childhood summers spent in Beach Haven, New Jersey. While her father preferred trolling from his 33-foot boat, Carol discovered early on that her true calling was a …
The smell hit me first.Standing on my boat the morning of June 26th, 2023 at Stellwagen Bank, I could actually smell the whales’ breath—that distinctive fishy, musty odor that tells you humpbacks are surfacing way too close for comfort. Thick fog had already forced me to abandon my plans to film giant bluefin tuna, and …
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 …
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 …
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.
...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.
...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, …
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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