July 20, 2025

The waters south of Martha’s Vineyard have exploded with recreational bluefin tuna activity, and the fishing community is buzzing with positive reports. 10-year-old Micah Gonyer and his father Chris boated seven tuna in just a matter of hours! Chris then teamed up with longtime MFCC Member, Anthony Besaw to have an epic day landing 11 fish! This comprehensive guide breaks down the tactics, locations, and gear that have made this one of the most productive tuna bites in recent memory.

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Bluefin Tuna Bonanza: A 30 Tuna Weekend with Chris & Micah Gonyer and Anthony Besaw
July 18, 2025

The most exciting development in Cape Cod waters this July has been the incredible bluefin tuna bite happening just south of the islands. After a disappointing 2024 season, this year has been nothing short of fantastic since July 1st, with some boats reporting double-digit catches in a single trip.

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Bluefin Blitz: Recreational Tuna & Vineyard Sound Report with Evan Eastman
July 17, 2025

The mid-July fishing scene around Cape Cod is firing on all cylinders, with both inshore and offshore opportunities providing anglers with diverse options for putting fish in the cooler. According to Amy Wrightson from Sports Port in Hyannis, Massachusetts, the recreational bluefin tuna bite has significantly picked up over the last week, while inshore species continue to provide consistent action for anglers of all skill levels.

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South Side & South of the Islands Fishing Report with Amy Wrightson of Sports Port
July 7, 2025

During June through early August, my favorite location for offshore fishing is south of the Vineyard. It holds baitfish, dolphins, and whales, which bring in the game fish. It is home to albacore, bluefin tuna, white marlin, mahi mahi, and yellowfin tuna. In my opinion, South of the Vineyard is the best area to get “mid-offshore”

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South of the Vineyard: My Favorite Location for Offshore Fishing
January 28, 2025

Our 2024 season featured weekly podcasts with bait and tackle shops and local experts, who shared a wealth of valuable fishing reports, intel and advice. Typically we only publish podcasts May-October, but this winter we’ve decided to ramp things back up. In today’s inaugural podcast of 2025, Brian Whicher shares his most memorable experiences from his

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Retirement Done Right! Brian Whicher’s First Year as a MFCC Member
October 21, 2023

Back in 2018 myself and a group of 40 members from My Fishing Cape Cod got together at the Fishermen’s View Restaurant for an in-person meetup about tuna fishing off Cape Cod. In attendance were Chris Nashville from the Goose Hummock Shops and Cullen Lundholm from Cape Star Charters. Both of these guys have a lot of

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Everything You Need To Catch Tuna Off Cape Cod
October 4, 2022

In this video, we’re fishing east of Cape Cod for bluefin tuna. We start by casting lures, but then switch to trolling with spreader bars. We end up seeing these amazing fish from an entirely new perspective – with exciting spreader bar bluefin tuna bites captured from the drone and with underwater cameras!This footage was

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EPIC TUNA BITES Caught on Camera! – Trolling Spreader Bars off Cape Cod
September 23, 2021

Trolling for tuna with spreader bars has been a very productive technique during the 2021 Cape Cod fishing season! Back on September 21st I had an opportunity to go trolling for tuna with captain Cullen of Cape Star Charters and MFCC member Nathan Valladares.

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Tuna Attack! Eye-Opening Spreader Bar Footage
March 27, 2017

Ryan Collins Did you know that Cape Cod is regarded by many as the best place on Earth to catch bluefin tuna on spinning gear? People literally travel from Asia to Cape Cod each season to target bluefin tuna of up to 400 pounds using spinning gear and topwater lures. If you already fish on Cape

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Targeting Cape Cod Tuna with Spinning Gear | GUIDE
September 23, 2014

Last week Jason Mazzola, Andrew Massard and I fished for bluefin tuna and ended up stumbling upon a ton of whales, bait and dolphins. You can read about the experience in this fishing report. MFCC members can also watch a video recap of the excursion by clicking below. In this 10 minute long video report

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Whales, Bait & TUNA | Cape Cod Tuna Fishing VIDEO REPORT
September 21, 2014

After trying to live bait a giant tuna earlier in the week, my friend Jason and I decided to mix things up, and fish a completely different area using different techniques. The change was part in due to a last minute report we received from friend and MFCC member Andrew Massard (author of Cape Cod

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Whales, Bait & TUNA | Cape Cod Tuna Fishing Report
September 21, 2014

Apparently that first humpback was just the tip of the iceberg, because more whales were now surfacing all around us. The sonar was lit up with the bait and the birds were going nuts. We began our troll, careful to avoid the whales. Fortunately for us the life continued for hundreds of yards, perhaps even

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Whales, Bait & TUNA | EXTENDED Cape Cod Tuna Fishing Report