May 21, 2018

Brian McCartyMFCC member Approximately three miles off the southwest coast of Martha’s Vineyard, lies the 628 acre island of Noman’s Land. It had once been inhabited by the Wampanoag Tribe and numerous settlers, but is now desolate and overgrown. Many visible clues of past inhabitants have already disappeared, since the island has been off-limits to the

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Noman’s Land Island: A Brief History, and One Man’s Effort to Preserve It
March 19, 2018

Ryan Collins In this seminar presentation I will take you through a full season of fishing on Cape Cod.  You will learn how and where to target big stripers, tuna, albies and other species from Cape Cod’s many inlets, bays, jetties, harbors, beaches, estuaries and of course the canal. This seminar includes more than 80

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How To Make The Most Of Your 2018 Cape Cod Fishing Season
February 16, 2018

David “MDog” Murphy The 2017 Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby was a special one for me. During the derby I had the opportunity to spend time on the water with my son, and pass down my fishing knowledge. I actually caught my first striped bass during the 2016 season. Since then I’ve been

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My Father-Son Martha’s Vineyard Derby Experience
February 5, 2018

Ryan Collins My connection to the town of Mashpee began when I was a kid playing sports. Throughout elementary school, middle school and high school, my sports teams would travel to Mashpee and face-off in baseball and basketball games.Back then I wasn’t able to drive myself around, so any fishing I did in Mashpee would

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Fishing the Town of Mashpee
September 7, 2017

Ryan Collins False albacore may just be the hardest-fighting inshore fish species on Cape Cod – and September just happens to be the prime month for targeting them.If you have never caught an albie before, then you will be in for a treat when you finally do! Below is a video preview of our newest

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Are You Ready For Albies?
July 30, 2017

Brian McCarty On July 26th, MFCC members Dex Chadsey, Ned Bean, Alberto Pina, Alex Ben David, and I, Brian McCarty made a pilgrimage to “fishing Mecca” – Cuttyhunk Island. Located between Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard Sound, Cuttyhunk is the southernmost of the Elizabeth Islands. Cuttyhunk is about a mile and a half long by three-quarters

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Surfcasting Cuttyhunk with My Fishing Cape Cod
May 21, 2017

Garet Suomala  Hello My Fishing Cape Cod! It’s your favorite blogger again, me Garet Suomala. This time I have something a little different to share with all of you. So pull right up your favorite chair and enjoy. Now the below picture is of me heading over to Martha’s Vineyard with Ryan for a few hours

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Presenting @ The Martha’s Vineyard Surfcaster’s Association
April 20, 2017

Ryan Collins At 1:30pm yesterday afternoon, my friend Zach Lesinski of 2020 Sky Sight gave me a pair of headphones and closed the door of his 1963 Piper airplane. Just minutes later and we were 1,000 feet high in the sky, cruising over Cape Cod Bay spotting pods of Right Whales. This was perhaps the most

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The Striper Migration Has Reached Martha’s Vineyard
January 27, 2017

Ryan Collins Today I want to share with you a new visual guidebook for fishing in the town of Falmouth, MA. This guidebook contains links to my best reports, articles and videos about fishing Falmouth for stripers, albies, fluke, scup, seabass and tautog. This visual guidebook is perfect for My Fishing Cape Cod members who want

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Fishing Falmouth | Visual Guidebook
October 18, 2016

Before I dive into this report, I would like to mention that not all marinas allow fishing from their docks.

I recommend asking your local harbormaster if fishing is allowed, before you step foot onto the docks, especially at night.
However, if you can find a lighted marina where it is OK to fish (and if that marina is chock full of bait) you can do quite well during the month of October.

Last week during the howling NE winds, I had the opportunity to fish a lighted dock where stripers of 25+ pounds sometimes congregate.

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Shadow Fishing Marinas for Striped Bass
October 17, 2016

Ryan Collins Back during the weekend of October 9th, I had the pleasure of joining a group of My Fishing Cape Codders for a surfcasting trip on Martha’s Vineyard. The weather was pretty challenging the first day and night, but on my second day the skies cleared up and the sun shone through. My Fishing Cape

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Surfcasting Wasque Point, Martha’s Vineyard
October 4, 2016

Ryan CollinsLast weekend I jigged an inlet on Cape Cod which has treated me very well over the years, especially during October. During this tip I fishing at around 8:00am. I was fortunate to catch bass up to 37 inches using 1.5 ounce Al Gag’s Whip-It Fish. Oftentimes the largest bass in an inlet will hug tight

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How To Jig Inlets For Striped Bass On Cape Cod