September 16, 2012

Click here for the latest Cape Cod tuna fishing report This giant tuna article was published during the spring of 2011. The jaunt from Plymouth to Stellwagen Bank’s legendary southwest corner had been rather uneventful. Fortunately the seas had been smooth and the sun was shining, yet as we pulled the Miss Loretta onto the

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Tuna Time
September 16, 2012

Click here for the latest Cape Cod tuna fishing report Aside from inclement weather, catching, transporting and storing fresh live bait was the most challenging giant tuna hurdle for us last season.  I’m happy to say that so far this fall, the news on the live bait front is much more encouraging.

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Cape Cod’s Tuna Candy Hot Spot
September 16, 2012

 Click here for the latest Cape Cod tuna fishing report One of the most difficult road blocks we have thus far encountered in our pursuit of giant tuna is procuring a reliable source of high quality live bait.  In the tuna world, this means having a bait pen chock full of live bluefish.

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Procuring Giant Tuna Bait
September 16, 2012

 Click here for the latest Cape Cod tuna fishing report Like I’ve said before, we are still new to the tuna game so take everything I say here with a grain of salt.  With that in mind, if you are just starting out and trying to catch your first giant tuna, then hopefully these posts

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Anchoring and Chumming
September 16, 2012

 Click here for the latest Cape Cod tuna fishing report The commercial whiting season opens in October on Cape Cod Bay.  This means that the whiting draggers will be working day in and day out in the deep waters off Provincetown, Plymouth and Stellwagen Bank.

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How to Find and Catch Whiting
September 16, 2012

Click here for the latest Cape Cod tuna fishing report Cape Cod sportfishing’s most sought after thrill is to battle with a giant tuna.  For many, the drive to catch a giant tuna borders on obsession.  The tuna’s beauty, the potential for big money, and the fish’s sheer size have driven many fishermen to spend

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Giant Tuna Fishing from a Small Boat
September 16, 2012

Up until 2011, pogies had eluded me for years.  How to catch pogies had remained a mystery the greater part of my time on Earth. Well I am happy to report that I am no longer puzzled by this mysterious bait fish!  At least for the moment…

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Gill Netting Pogies
September 16, 2012

 Click here for the latest Cape Cod tuna fishing report This is going to be a short post, because I don’t want to sound repetitive.  Also, I’m starving and about to eat dinner! Anyways, we were able to squeeze in a giant tuna trip yesterday.   I went straight from a Cape Cod striped bass fishing

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Giant Tuna and Sharks
September 16, 2012

“We’re in business,” is what I recall saying to the crew upon seeing the biomass of striped bass on the sonar. “Pitch the baits!” I was fishing with Mike and Mark, two Missouri natives who were learning how to catch striped bass during a stay on Cape Cod.  They were yet to catch a striper

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How to Catch Striped Bass with Live Mackerel
September 16, 2012

A lot goes into catching big striped bass with live eels.  From handling eels to setting the hook, there is plenty of opportunity for things to go wrong.  Check out this list for helpful live eel fishing tips that may help you put more big bass in the boat or onto the sand during 2012.

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Top 10 Live Eel Tips
September 16, 2012

Striped bass fishing is pretty unique if you think about it.  What other fish species can be targeted in open water, up tight to the beachfront, in rivers, harbors, bays, canals, estuaries, rips, rock piles, shoals, and drop-offs as well as in a variety of other interesting environments.   Without a doubt the striped bass is

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3 Waying Live Eels in Rips for Striped Bass
September 16, 2012

One topic which I have received a fair amount of questions and interest on is trolling eels for striped bass. “How to troll live eels” has also been trending a bit in Google searches-which indicates that a reasonable amount of folks (maybe yourself included) have been researching this technique. So despite the arrival of the

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Trolling Eels