October 26, 2012

October is a pretty wild month here on Cape Cod (and across New England for that matter).  Earlier this week while fishing Cape Cod I was freezing my buns off while yesterday I was worried about getting sun burnt. Last year much of New England experienced a snow storm in ...

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Solid Canal Bite and Jumping Bluefins | October 26 Report
October 22, 2012

Cape Cod Canal fishing, unlike other areas of Cape Cod, seems to remain strong and steady right to the bitter end of the Cape Cod striped bass fishing season.  Last season the Canal had bass right into the month of November.  Based on the amount of life I saw in ...

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Consistent Cape Cod Canal Striper Action | October 19-21 Report
October 19, 2012

Yesterday was a flat calm sunny October day - perfect for fishing Cape Cod in the boat.  I had my folks with me yesterday, my mom Kathy and my dad Jake.  Two very nice people! My mom recently had surgery and had half of her left lung removed.  Pretty serious ...

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Eeling and Plugging Late Season Stripers | October 18 Report
October 19, 2012

Live eels work great from shore all summer long.  However I believe striped bass eat eels with even more abandon during the month of October.  The bass are on their way south, and they will happily slurp down an eel that happens to swim their way. ...

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Fishing Live Eels from Shore During October 101
October 16, 2012

It sure felt like mid October tonight as I set off down a long vacant beach.  There was a chilly stiff breeze blowing in from the northwest, but the abundant sunshine helped to thwart the wind chill.  The air was crisp and it smelt fishy. I had high hopes for ...

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Gorgeous Conditions and Great Fishing | October 15 Report
October 16, 2012

The southside of Cape Cod heats up in the spring and again in the fall.  Popponesset in particular is a wonderful place to wet a line during May and again during October. There's often times plenty of bait in the area of the Cape.  During the spring squid and herring ...

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Fishing Popponesset
October 12, 2012

Boy has it been breezy recently!  Those familiar NW winds of early autumn have been rolling through with abandon the past couple of weeks.  I've had to cancel 4 trips over the past week and half due to the winds. But that is to be expected; after all it is October ...

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Surf Fishing Report and Fishing Forecast | October 12
October 12, 2012

The ultimate challenge for me this October is to get into a school of 20-50 pound bass from the beach.  Who knows if this will happen this season, but I really believe that I (and you too) have a good chance. Schools of hundreds of big bass do travel along ...

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Targeting Stripers from Shore During October
October 8, 2012

To my surprise the albie fishing is still holding strong in many areas throughout Cape Cod.  For some folks the fishing has been pretty epic over the past couple of weeks with certain boats registering double digit hookups each trip! Double digit hookups are pretty darn impressive considering how finicky ...

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Hot and Heavy False Albie Bite | Early October Report
October 8, 2012

Targeting false albacore throughout Vineyard Sound is a great idea during the fall.  Not only can the area be inundated with false albies, but you'll also have a good chance at catching bonito, stripers and bluefish.  Not a bad scenario to find yourself in. Andrew Inches, a member of the ...

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Fall Hot Spots for False Albacore
October 2, 2012

October is known as the month of the "cows."  Hawgtober is what a bunch of Canal guys used to call it when I was younger.  There is no doubt that if you want a big bass, now is the time. However over the past few seasons I have personally noticed ...

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Cape Cod Striped Bass Fishing During October