February 6, 2024

Fishing enthusiasts and angling aficionados, gather around as we dive into a comprehensive Zoom call crafted from a seasoned fisherman's insights.Our journey through this 1hr and 30 minute Zoom is tailored to elevate your 2024 springtime fishing experience, focusing on 3 different fish types, including the cunning Tautog, the beautiful ...

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Springtime Inshore Fishing Zoom Call with Captain Cullen of Cape Star Charters
January 31, 2024

Striped bass pretty unique creatures if you stop to 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 ...

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3-Way Rig Fishing Live Eels for Stripers
January 24, 2024

In this post I am going to share with you some ideas, tactics and secrets that I think will help you experience success winter striped bass fishing much quicker than I did!If you are looking to learn about how to catch holdover striped bass during the winter, then this blog ...

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Winter Striper Fishing and Holdover Striped Bass Secrets
December 30, 2023

*This report and accompanying comments were first shared inside our private members' forum.On a cool December 27th night my headlight cuts a winding path through the foggy dark for what may very well be my last hopeful trip of the year.Gearing up quickly and quietly, I grab my rod and ...

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Chasing “The End”
December 17, 2023

I went fishing on the evening of December 11th from shore for the first time in a couple weeks.  I figured some nice days of warmer weather would have any stripers fired up and I could almost sense fish in the air. This spot is “sacred” to Robbie Sturtevant and I, ...

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Holdover Stripers and a Hook in My Hand
December 16, 2023

In case you didn’t know, the deadline to submit comments on Striped Bass Draft Addendum II is December 22nd. Comments can be emailed to [email protected] with the subject line “Striped Bass Draft Addendum II”.The addendum is a follow up to the emergency action striped bass slot limit of 28-31 inches that was ...

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Last Chance to Comment on Striper Addendum II
November 16, 2023

A couple of weeks ago I shared this blog post about some of the amazing catches My Fishing Cape Cod members shared this season inside our private forum. Since publishing that post, anglers inside our forum have chimed-in with more of their own personal bests caught from the surf this ...

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More 2023 Personal Bests from the Surf!
November 6, 2023

This past season I went fishing twice with MFCC member Calvin Toran-Sandlin. During both trips we fished gnarly rock strewn areas. I'll write up a full post about the experience as soon as I can, but in the meantime I wanted to share a little video footage from our first trip ...

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Lures & Gear for Fishing Cape Cod’s Boulder Fields from Shore
November 3, 2023

Since starting My Fishing Cape Cod in 2011, we've had many excellent reports, articles, videos and other contributions from members. Today I'm excited to share with you a comprehensive PDF created by New England outdoors writer, John D. Silva. This PDF taps out at 1,333 words and includes photographs. I ...

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Surfcaster’s Guide To Fishing Cuttyhunk Island
November 1, 2023

My Fishing Cape Cod will have a booth at this Sunday's Pluga-Palooza Surfcasting Show in Wareham. If you're in the area, then please swing on by! There's a growing lineup of vendors and plug builders who will be attending, including Al Gags, Happy as  a Clam Plugs, Z Belts and ...

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MFCC at the Pluga-Palooza Surfcasting Show
October 30, 2023

Today I wanted to share this post because we have some really cool things going on inside our forum. One of the best threads I've noticed recently is all about personal bests for striped bass and bluefish from shore for the 2023 season. The thread was started last week by ...

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2023 Striped Bass & Bluefish Personal Bests: From the Surf
October 24, 2023

Being surrounded by striped bass while standing in two feet of water is always exciting.  The experience is even cooler when the fish are feeding way back in a tidal creek, in the troughs between sandbars. Throughout the estuaries and tidal flats of Cape Cod, schoolie stripers, as well as ...

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Cape Cod’s Tidal Pool Stripers