November 13, 2023

*This blog post recaps an awesome trip I experienced last year on December 5th, 2022. With the month of December quickly approaching, I figured now would be a good time to re-publish this post. It was a chilly 28 degrees when I woke up at 3am this past Monday morning, ...

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Fishing for Giant Tuna in December
November 12, 2023

Lauren Collins A major twist on the classic linguine with clam sauce (vongole).  This dish is creamy, full of flavor, a little spicy and so, so good. A little garnish of toasted and seasoned breadcrumbs never hurt anyone either! This recipe is inspired by a dish I had this past ...

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How to Make Cajun Clam Pasta
November 9, 2023

Podcast Transcript (00:16):Hello and welcome to another edition of the My Fishing Cape Cod podcast presented by Cape and Islands Mitsubishi and Cape Codder Boats. I'm your host, Kevin Collins, back with you for another one of our great MFCC podcasts, and boy do I have a treat in store ...

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What Everybody Ought to Know about Hooks with Patrick Sebile
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 5, 2023

Get ready for a fresh new take on fish - tangy, sweet and just perfect for freshly caught striped bass. This particular fish was just caught the day before which is of course ideal. Orange, lemon and lime, with a hint of butter was drizzled over this lightly seasoned bass ...

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How to Make Citrus Striped Bass
November 4, 2023

My father-in-law always used to say that "prior proper planning, prevents piss poor performance." So in that light, today I began organzing the 2024 My Fishing Cape Cod Season Kickoff Workshop!The event is scheduled for the morning of Saturday March 30th at the Cape Cod Conference Center in Hyannis. At ...

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200 Years of Fishing Knowledge, Packed into One Seminar
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 would ...

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Surfcaster’s Guide To Fishing Cuttyhunk Island
November 2, 2023

In this video I had a camera on the line (with no hook), and the boat was drifting at around 1.5 miles per hour. I was using 20lb leader and the bluefish was about 22 inches long.This footage has been slowed down to 5% of the actual speed. I’ve been ...

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This HUGE Giant Tuna ENGULFED My Bluefish!
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 31, 2023

With winter now looming on the horizon, I'll be spending time going through the MFCC website and updating content and older seminars that have become "buried" beneath newer posts. One such seminar is the presentation I gave in 2018 at Surf Day, which is an event in New Jersey dedicated ...

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10 Tips for Surfcasting Cape Cod and Costa Rica | Seminar Presentation
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 29, 2023

A very uncomplicated recipe that looks and tastes incredibly gourmet, as if you ordered it at a restaurant.  With the addition of my new secret weapon for salmon, this isn't as much a recipe post as it is a call to remind you that if you're not grilling on cedar ...

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How to Make Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon