August 28, 2024

The morning of August 14th started at around 5AM for my son and I with a quick stop at Dunkin for coffee and breakfast sandwiches. After all, it's never smart to go on the water with an empty stomach, especially when you are going on a fluke trip 30+ mile ...

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A Birthday On The Water: Fluke Fishing with Captain Jimmy “The Greek”
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 ...

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Surfcasting Review of “The All Around”
August 25, 2024

Previously during the summer I spent almost every weekend on Cape Cod, relaxing on the beach and enjoying some of the freshest seafood around.That's changed a bit this year since having my first baby! Nevertheless, this kind of meal still makes me think of warm nights by the water, with ...

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Five Pepper Cod With Mango Salsa
August 24, 2024

I can't believe it's almost September!Today I'm excited to let you know I've booked new dates for albie and tuna trips with captains Tyler Putney and Cullen Lundholm.Online registration for these trips will take place one week from today on Saturday August 31st at 9am.If you're interested in these trips and would ...

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September Trips for Albies & Tuna
August 21, 2024

*This post originally appeared on My Fishing Cape  Cod in March of 2017. The canal sunset image above is courtesy of johndoblephotography.com.When I first started fishing the Cape Cod Canal I did a lot of watching, trying to figure out how to even have a chance to catch a fish.I heard about ...

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My Canal Jigging Epiphany
August 20, 2024

I love fishing weightless soft plastics for striped bass from shore because the topwater hits are exciting and the single hook makes releasing so much easier.In this blog post we'll talk about how I like to fish weightless soft plastics and the types of environments in which they really shine ...

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Fishing Weightless Soft Plastics from Shore for Stripers
August 18, 2024

Introduction to the Cape Cod Bay FlatsCape Cod Bay has some of the most expansive sand flats in all the world. If you look on Google Earth, you can clearly see shallow water sand flats running from Barnstable Harbor east, all the way to Eastham, and then north to Wellfleet.The ...

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Fishing The Flats Of Cape Cod Bay
August 18, 2024

Every single person needs to try these spicy tuna burgers with savory sticky sauce...like, right now.Fresh yellow fin tuna, caught right off the coast of Massachusetts, combined with unique ingredients to make one of the coolest tuna burgers around.Oh my goodness gracious does it get any better than that?!This was ...

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Spicy Tuna Burgers with Savory Sticky Sauce
August 14, 2024

What do striped bass eat? That is a question I receive every so often. The honest answer is that striped bass eat many types of fish, crustaceans, worms and more.At times they will even eat one another! In this post you will get an opportunity to watch bass eating and chasing ...

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What Do Striped Bass Eat? 6 Prey Items Caught On Camera
August 11, 2024

Or perhaps I should say, LobstAH Salad Sandwich.  Yes, that sounds much better!This is as close to simple as you can get - fresh lobster tossed with fresh diced vegetables, all thrown together with a little greek yogurt and some old bay seasoning for a perfect summer meal. Ryan gave this ...

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Open-Faced Cape Cod Lobster Sandwiches
August 7, 2024

With summer now in full swing, I plan on switching over to fishing from my boat a heck of a lot more. In most areas on Cape Cod, big striped bass will become more challenging to find and catch from shore during the heat of summer. To get a real ...

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10 Ways To Catch A Cow Striper On The Tube & Worm
August 5, 2024

For the shore bound angler on the Cape Cod Canal, one alternative to summer’s annual dog-day fishing doldrums is fluke fishing.Given the right set of conditions, fluke fishing from shore can be an enjoyable and productive fair-weather summertime activity.Tackle for Fluke Fishingthe Cape Cod CanalWhen fluke fishing from the shoreline ...

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Fluke Fishing in the Cape Cod Canal