June 17, 2019

Ryan CollinsEffective next year (2020) recreational anglers not fishing aboard for-hire vessels will berequired to use inline circle hooks when fishing for striped bass in Massachusetts with whole or cut natural baits.Since inline circle hooks will soon be required by law, I figured now would be a great time to ...

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Stop Gut-Hooking Striped Bass, By Using This Type Of Circle Hook
May 21, 2019

Ryan CollinsStripers can be caught using the same lures that your grandfather used. However, I think it can be fun to experiment with new stuff!So far this spring, quite a few members here on MFCC have been using the new "dart spin" lure with success.The dart spin is an ultra-durable ...

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Catching Striped Bass With The New “Dart Spin”
May 7, 2019

Ryan CollinsHey MFCC This is Sam Brown of the Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans, MA. In this video I will share with you an array of different spinning reels (at different price points) that work well for surfcasting on Cape Cod. Throughout the video I also mention an article here on ...

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Surfcasting Cape Cod: Best Spinning Reels For The Beach
May 2, 2019

Ryan CollinsMy Fishing Cape Codders are consistently catching schoolie striped bass from Nantucket Sound, all the way north to Duxbury, MA.The best action is coming from the bays, harbors and inlets of Buzzard's Bay and the Sounds, but schoolie stripers are now even feeding and being caught along the beaches ...

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Schoolie Stripers Have Reached As Far North As Duxbury, MA
March 27, 2019

Dex Chadsey Block Island, Rhode Island is one of the premier and most famous surfcasting areas on the Striper Coast. The “Pork Chop” as it is known, sits 9 miles off the Rhode Island coast and 14 miles northeast of Montauk. Surfcasting on Block Island has been well documented in ...

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Block Island Surfcasting and Vacation Opportunities for the Upcoming 2019 Season
March 19, 2019

Check out the video above for a complete overview of how to troll the tube and worm on Cape Cod. Below is an additional "members-only" advanced guide to tube and worm trolling. This 73 page guide dives deep into detail for how I like to troll the tube and worm ...

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[Video Tutorial] How to Troll the Tube & Worm
February 28, 2019

Ryan Collins Thank you to everyone who has tuned-in to the second season of My Fishing Cape Cod TV! I really appreciate having you watching. This weekend marks the end of our airings for season #2. This Saturday at 9:30am (with a replay on Sunday) we will be replaying one ...

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Surf Fishing the Fall Run | “Behind the Scenes” of MFCC TV
January 29, 2019

Ryan Collins It was late summer on Cape Cod and we were in the midst of an intense heat wave. All week long the mornings had been greasy flat calm and the afternoons were scorching hot. Leading up to the day of filming of episode 3 I had run several ...

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Behind the Scenes of Epsiode #3: Fishing with My Mom
January 13, 2019

Andrew Burke The first episode of season #2 of My Fishing Cape Cod TV aired this weekend. I hope you were able to tune-in! Back during the summer of 2018, I had the opportunity to join the MFCC TV crew as they filmed this "live-lining mackerel for stripers" episode of ...

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MFCC TV “Behind The Scenes” Of Live-Lining Mackerel For Stripers
December 9, 2018

Lauren Collins This past year I have had the great opportunity to learn a lot about fishing (whether I wanted to or not).  If you've sent us an email over the past year, chances are it went to me first, because Ryan is literally never home in the summer. I ...

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Public Service Announcement: We Need to Learn How to Spell “Stripers”
September 10, 2018

Brian McCartyMFCC member With all the different variables in fishing, how do we know what techniques or tackle works best? To produce better results, we must first understand how the striped bass views the underwater world. By understanding its’ sensory perception, we can fine tune our fishing to be more ...

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Striped Bass Sensory Perception As It Applies To Anglers