October 26, 2015

I thought I would share a story that involves one of the best experiences I’ve had as a fisherman. During this special trip the whole family got in on the action. My family and I recently stayed on Cape Cod for a late season October vacation. Throughout the week I had been sneaking away to

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The Best Fishing Trip A Dad Could Ask For
October 8, 2015

This is part #3 of a series of posts and videos about my 27 mile surfcasting journey along Cape Cod’s Great Beach. Click here to read part #2 andclick here to read part #1.The warm sun coupled with the potential of striped bass feeding in the shallows jolted my body into action. Newfound energy coursed

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The “Wildest” Place to Fish on Cape Cod
October 5, 2015

During our last several tuna trips we have been seeing and catching mako sharks, blue sharks and a crazy amount of thresher sharks. My father actually had a thresher shark jump into his boat!Thank God my Dad didn’t get hurt, because that thresher was close to 400 pounds. Fortunately the thresher stunned himself immediately upon

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Sharks Have Surrounded Cape Cod
October 2, 2015

Before tropical storm Joaquin showed up, the tuna bite off Cape Cod was very good. On certain days in the past 2 weeks I have had up to 10 bites during a single trip. I did have one day when we did not get a bite, but more often than not we have put bends

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October 2nd Cape Cod Tuna Report
September 30, 2015

This is part #2 of a series of posts about my 27 mile hike along Cape Cod’s Great Backside Beach. Click here to read part #1.It was 8:30pm by the time I reached Ballston Beach in Truro, which at this time of the year, means the sky was pitch black. In fact the past 3

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What it’s Like to Spend a Night on Cape Cod’s Great Beach
September 25, 2015

Wow! I cannot believe it has been a full week since I embarked on this journey. What an experience it was walking and casting the 27 miles from Coast Guard Beach in Eastham, to Race Point in Provincetown.A lot happened each day of the journey, and in this post I am going to do my

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Scenes from Day 1 of “The 27 Mile Journey”
September 20, 2015

After hiking and fishing for 27 miles, I finally reached my end goal of Race Point Lighthouse this morning around 10am. This was certainly one of the most memorable journeys of my lifetime!I wanted to post these below videos for those of you who do not participate in Facebook. These videos were shared in real

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The Journey of a Lifetime
September 18, 2015

As of 5PM on Friday September 18th, I have reached Cahoon Hollow in Wellfleet and am en route to Newcomb Hollow. My legs feel great and I’m ready to catch some fish as soon as the sky gets dark.

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10 Miles Down, 17 to Go | Surfcasting Cape Cod’s Great Beach
September 1, 2015

Last week I met up with MFCC contributor Danya Mahota for a night of surfcasting on the outer beaches of Cape Cod. It was good to reconnect with Danya and also to do a little recon in preparation of the 23 mile fishing hike I plan to do later this month.Finding fish along these beaches

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Preparing for “The Trek” with Danya Mahota
August 16, 2015

At the end of the 2014 fishing season, I read the book Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau. The text recaps Thoreau’s visit to the Cape during the mid 1800’s, including his walk along the dunes from Nauset Inlet to Provincetown.After reading the book I felt inspired to do the same, yet I would walk

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27 Miles of Surfcasting the Beaches of Outer Cape Cod
August 14, 2015

On Monday we left at 8am which is later than our usual 5am departure time for tuna trips. The wind had blown hard from the north during the days leading up to this trip, and I wanted to allow the seas some time to lay down.​Exiting the bay was quite the challenge. We encountered a

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Thousands of Tuna | Cape Star Charters Report
June 15, 2015

This morning I recorded a podcast with Cullen Lundholm of Cape Star Charters and learned about an amazing topwater bite that he’s been experiencing the past few days off Cape Cod.  There are no guarantees in fishing, but right now Cullen and his crews have been consistently catching 25+ pound striped bass, mostly on topwater plugs.

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Awesome Topwater Action | June 15th Report