September 30, 2026

This report was originally published on September 15th. We have updated it today with a full video from the trip which you can watch by clicking play above. I left the house at one o’clock in the afternoon on Sunday September 13th, which if you know anything about surfcasting on Cape Cod, is a strange …

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Alone on Cape Cod’s National Seashore, Topwater Striper Fishing in the Rain
September 7, 2026

September has arrived on Cape, and today we wanted to remind you about The Weekly Spot – a service designed to help members explore different regions of the Cape and discover new productive waters. So many of you have been asking for guidance on specific areas and wanting to expand beyond your usual fishing spots, …

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Continue to Uncover Cape Cod’s Best Fishing Spots
August 27, 2026

Quick note: This post is part of a paid partnership with Fish Snax Lures. All thoughts and opinions are my own — the weird jaw growth is 100% the fish’s doing. For most of my life, August has meant one thing: night fishing. Dark beaches, headlamps, that particular kind of tired that comes from chasing stripers on …

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Striper Fishing with the Super Snax Soft Plastic Lure
August 2, 2026

This past Monday July 27th at 5:00 a.m. Dead low tide. Not a breath of wind. The air felt warm and soft. I stood at the top of the beach for a second before walking down, just taking it in. The water temp had to be pushing 70 degrees, maybe warmer.I’d only brought one rod …

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Bonefish-Style: Dozens of Stripers on a Cape Cod Flat
July 24, 2026

There’s a particular kind of longing that builds in you after a week of fishing somewhere foreign, no matter how good that fishing was. You start missing the water you know like the back of your hand — the rocks that hold fish, the tide you can read without thinking, the light on a Cape …

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My First Casts Back From Iceland
July 6, 2026

Summer is in full swing on Cape, and today we wanted to remind you about The Weekly Spot – a service designed to help members explore different regions of the Cape and discover new productive waters. So many of you have been asking for guidance on specific areas and wanting to expand beyond your usual …

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Continue to Uncover Cape Cod’s Best Fishing Spots
June 24, 2026

Five days, one secret bait, and the midday striper epiphany I wish I’d had years ago. “Adios,” I said to Lauren, kissing her on the cheek. “Adios,” I said to Carol, who’s been camped out with us for two weeks, up from her home in South Carolina to celebrate our daughter Hallie’s second birthday. It was …

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You Don’t Have to Fish at Night — Try This Instead
June 6, 2026

In a sea of social media and online forums, the My Fishing Cape Cod Surfcasters’ Threads stand as a beacon for anglers who have a passion for fishing the surf.Founded in 2020 by longtime MFCC member and Barnstable resident Mike Marcus (“StriperMadness”), what started as a simple conversation has evolved into a vibrant micro-community here …

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Top 10 Benefits of the MFCC Surfcasters’ Thread: A Beacon for Cape Cod Anglers
June 3, 2026

The second annual Spring Edition of the My Fishing Cape Cod 36hr Grind Surfcasting Tournament is in the books — and it delivered one of the most memorable weekends in the tournament’s history.Fifteen teams took to Cape Cod’s beaches from Friday, May 29th through Sunday, May 31st, chasing striped bass in a catch-and-release format. Anglers …

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Spring 36hr Grind Results: Big Fish, Bigger Weather, and One Unforgettable Weekend
May 14, 2026

I could hear the birds before I even reached the water — that sharp, indignant cry cutting through the chilly northwest wind. By the time I got to the shoreline just after 9am, I could see them dipping and wheeling with that nervous energy that always means something is happening down there.On a gray, damp May …

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Herring, Bass & the Perfect Rip: A Shore Fishing Report from Monday Morning
April 15, 2026

Monday, April 13th The alarm went off at 4am and I hopped right out bed without hitting the snooze. Spring has a way of doing that to a fisherman. Today — Wednesday — is nearly 70 degrees, sunny and windless, the kind of April day that makes you forget winter ever happened. But Monday was a different …

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I Can’t Tell You Exactly Where I Was — But Holdover Stripers are Feeding Right Now
March 14, 2026

Few anglers on Cape Cod have put in the hours that Ian McPartland and Calvin Toran-Sandlin have. Ian works at the Goose Hummock, where he leads everything related to surfcasting. Calvin is a veteran boulder field angler and skisher whose willingness to snorkel the bottom — literally — to understand what fish are feeding on …

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Insider Series #5: How to Read the Beach and Find Trophy Stripers: A Surfcasting Seminar with Ian McPartland and Calvin Toran-Sandlin