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The water was so calm that I could see my own reflection. Even more impressive, was how perfectly the sunrise refracted off the still water. Nantucket Sound was virtually one big mirror. Yet off to my right something was making a commotion in the water. At first I saw just one swirl, then a second, …
Because the water was so still, when my lure landed, ripples extended and reverberated throughout the water. I hoped the splash caused by the lure did not spook the stripers, which were now just feet away. I started my retrieve just as another small bass splashed on the surface, and slapped his tail against the …
I feel it’s safe to say that I have surpassed the 1,000 cast mark so far this season, and despite a couple nasty wind knots, I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of those 1,000 casts. I will be the first to admit, however, that casting is much more fun when I have a …
I would like to say that the fish took off, pulling drag and screaming line from my reel. Or that he headed for the bottom, pumping and head shaking, as he pushed through the water column with his powerful tail. That kind of situation is not far off. Actually, we ought to start seeing big …
I just had one heck of a weekend! Yesterday I had a wonderful time at the My Fishing Cape Cod Breakfast (thanks everyone for coming!) and the day before I saw striped bass swirling on the surface for the first time all season. One of the side benefits of yesterday’s MFCC breakfast was that I …
I thought long and hard about where to fish today. I consulted all available resources, hoping to glean some tidbit of information that would lead me to that first big batch of migratory stripers. After spending 15 minutes surveying a particular estuary using Google Earth, I discovered a hidden access point that would drop me …
Compared with my previous 28 years on this planet, this spring has been quite different. There have not been many warm days and as a result the April striper bite has been on the slow side. I hoped to change that today as I ventured deep into the backwaters of Buzzard’s Bay. My idea was …
There’s about a million different plugs and lures that will work to catch striped bass at the Cape Cod Canal. You could drive yourself bananas trying to sort through them all. The good news is that the fish still happily bite the same plugs and lures that worked decades ago. Just because some new and …
I popped out from the path in the woods to a serene vista of an untouched and undeveloped freshwater pond. An entire spectrum of blues and greens filled the area around me and I was very pleased to discover that such a place still exists on Cape Cod. The Cape is famous for its saltwater …
This early in the season I find it incredibly easy to rise from bed, in the dark, before our planet rotates enough for the sun’s rays to shine down on our corner of the hemisphere. Right now is a very exciting time to be fishing on Cape Cod, because with each passing moment the landscape …
The tide was higher, much higher than I have ever seen at this particular spot. I imagined that river herring would be using the tide to enter into the herring run which existed just upstream of my position. Perhaps an early arrival striped bass or two had also decided to ride the tide into this …
The bass are back! I am very happy to report that our striped friends are back on Cape Cod. It’s been a long cold winter, but rest assured, the fish are here and more are on the way. In this report I catch my first striped bass of 2014, and share with you ideas for …
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