April 15, 2021

Last weekend on Saturday April 10th I splashed our family’s boat the Miss Loretta. For this trip I was with my dad Jake and my friend Garet. We purchased a new 150hp Evinrude Etech at the end of last season, so our goal for this trip was to just make sure everything ran smoothly.Our secondary goal

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My First Cape Cod Canal Cruise of 2021
March 30, 2021

Calling all fish burger fans!!  This sauce is a total game changer.  With just a few pantry staples and about 5 minutes of your time, you can quickly make it while your burgers are cooking and store leftovers for up to a week. So far we’ve tested this sauce with shrimp burgers, mahi burgers, drizzled over

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“Big Mac” Fish Burger Sauce
March 29, 2021

Hello My Fishing Cape Cod! My name is Doug Peebles and I’ve been a member of My Fishing Cape Cod since August of 2020. I split my fishing time between Cape Cod and Florida, and I often fish alone 10-20 miles offshore. Recently I emailed Ryan to let him know about a new kill switch regulation

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The New Kill Switch Regulation; 5 Safety Items That Could Save Your Life
January 26, 2021

Our first MFCC apparel pre-sale of 2021 is happening now over in our online store, with orders going out by the end of February. We also have hats and canal bags in stock and ready to ship! In addition to adult sized tees, hoodies and quarter zips, we also have youth, toddler and infant sized sweatshirts,

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Another MFCC Clothing Pre-Sale Is Happening Now Through February 6
January 25, 2021

A couple of years ago I was going through our member forum, and I noticed a thread about the many poor catch and release practices witnessed during that year at the Cape Cod Canal.  If you were not already aware, a lot of the people who fished the canal, especially during the 2017 season, did not

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How to Properly Release a Striped Bass [VIDEO]
January 23, 2021

*This post from 8-year MFCC member Dex Chadsey was originally published in December of 2016. We figured now would be a good time to re-publish this post, because all the information is still very relevant to striper fishing in 2021.  I’d been hearing about how successful Daiwa SP Minnows could be when fishing for striped

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How To Keep Your SP Minnow From Damaging Small Fish
January 20, 2021

As the middle of winter settles onto Cape Cod and New England, I find that myself and many other anglers are already looking forward to new fishing possibilities in 2021! Although the past year has been long and tumultuous at times, many of us in the angling community (from welcomed newcomers to even the most experienced

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Striped Bass Fishing on the South Shore of Massachusetts | 2020 Season-in-Review
January 8, 2021

Ryan CollinsBack in early June of the 2019 Cape Cod fishing season, I headed out to a beach in this general area of the Cape, during the middle of the afternoon to catch the high tide.  Striped bass had been coming extremely close to shore before and after high tide, which created a pretty cool sight-fishing

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Sight Fishing for Striped Bass on Cape Cod with the Hyperlastics Dart Spin Pro
December 23, 2020

Hello MFCC and happy holidays!  Today I wanted to share my recipe for Spicy Thai Fish Soup.   It’s a delicious blend of Thai flavors, with sweet coconut milk and perfectly tender fish, with the optional addition of egg noodles at the end for the ultimate cold weather comfort food.In this recipe I used halibut, but

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Spicy Thai Coconut Fish Soup
December 14, 2020

Back in September of 2018, my mom Kathy and I headed out onto Cape Cod Bay for a morning of tube and worm trolling.During this trip I used my sonar to locate the schools, and then I trolled one tube and worm fished on lead core directly through the center of each school.The majority of

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Tube & Worm Trolling for Big Stripers with My Mom
December 3, 2020

Wind knots are a common issue that frustrate all levels of anglers. A wind knot refers to a tangle in the fishing line that prevents someone from casting and retrieving effectively. Wind knots generally occur anytime you have line twist where the line going through the rod’s tip is slower than the line coming out of

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Wind Knots – Causes & Solutions
November 15, 2020

In today’s video clip, I’d like to share new underwater footage of stripers (and a couple mackerel) chasing and attacking a 5in white fly.  I filmed half of this footage during August in Cape Cod Bay, and the rest of the footage during October in Buzzard’s Bay. At the time, these stripers were feeding on peanut bunker.

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What It’s Like To See Striped Bass Chasing & Attacking Flies Underwater