August 17, 2025

Catching keeper-size fluke is typically easier when fishing from a boat. However, there are  areas scattered throughout Cape Cod & the Islands where it’s very possible to catch fluke from shore. In this post I’d like to recap a very fun shore bound fluke fishing trip. Although this trip occurred several years ago, I assure you that fluke

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Fluke Fishing on Cape Cod from Shore
November 9, 2022

I’ve had a lot of fun so far tautog fishing this fall on Cape Cod! I was also pretty excited at how this latest underwater footage came out.⁠Honestly, I never knew just how aggressive and competitive tautog could be until I reviewed this footage. In the rest of this blog post I’ll share with you details

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I Never Knew Just How Competitive Tautog Could Be…Until I Saw This!
October 4, 2021

This article was updated on October 4th 2021, and was originally published on October 29th, 2019. Ryan CollinsLast Thursday through Saturday we were gifted with perfectly calm conditions and warm sunny skies.The weather was so good on Friday that I was able to comfortably fish in short sleeves. I may of even gotten a little

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Tautog Fishing Cape Cod During October
May 11, 2021

Tautog (also called blackfish) and scup (also called porgy) arrive in Cape waters during May and stick around throughout the spring, summer and fall. Fishing Cape Cod for tautog and scup can be a lot of fun! Both species fight well and are often caught in the same spots using the same baits. In the following video,

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Tautog & Scup Kayak Fishing | Cape Cod, Massachusetts
April 29, 2021

Squid fishing on Cape Cod often gets good during late April and early May, when squid move into shallow water to spawn. This footage is from a squid fishing trip back on May 5th, 2020.Below are the chapters (video timestamps) for this video, as well as extra information about fishing for squid off Cape Cod,

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Squid Fishing – Crazy Underwater Footage!
November 23, 2020

Back on November 7th I hosted a group of members from My Fishing Cape Cod for a live presentation, Q&A session, and online meetup.During this event I shared a video presentation which featured some of my favorite video clips from the 2020 Cape Cod spring fishing season. Content included squid fishing, tautog fishing, striper fishing and

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Live Presentation Recording: Spring 2020 Video Review
May 18, 2020

This past weekend Cape Cod received a taste of summer with bright sunny skies, calm winds, and warm weather. Right now a lot of life is flocking and swimming to the bays, beaches and offshore waters surrounding the Cape & Islands.There is an abundance of fishing opportunities right now on Cape Cod. Anglers are chasing haddock,

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My First Keeper Tautog & Scup Of The Year
November 4, 2019

Ryan CollinsThis past Saturday November 2 my friend Jay Mazzola and I headed out again in search of tautog.  We were coming off this great tog trip from the weekend before, and we were both eager to get back into the blackfish!However, due to the gale force winds we experienced last week, the water conditions

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MFCC Presents: Underwater Tog
September 12, 2019

Ryan CollinsDid you know that the largest stingray in the Atlantic Ocean (the roughtail stingray) can grow to be 800lbs, and hunts along the beaches of Cape Cod during the night? Roughtail stingrays will often bury themselves in bottom sediment. They are opportunistic predators that feed on a variety of bony fish and invertebrates. During the night

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Giant Cape Cod Stingray (caught on video!)
June 16, 2019

Simeon WatsonHello My Fishing Cape Cod! We are now well into black sea bass fishing season, so today I wanted to share with you a recipe you can try at home in your own kitchen. This recipe is for whole black sea bass. We’ll go over all the details for how to prepare a whole black

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How To Cook Whole Black Sea Bass | with Simeon Watson of the Goose Hummock
May 23, 2019

*Kayak Safety Update*I want to address something important about the photos and videos in this report—I’m not wearing a drysuit in them. Since publishing this content, I’ve upgraded my safety gear and now wear a Gul U-Zip Drysuit for all springtime kayak fishing sessions.This isn’t just a preference—it’s essential. Spring waters off Cape Cod remain

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Kayak Fishing from Monk’s Park for Scup, Tautog & Black Sea Bass!
May 19, 2019

David BaileyHello My Fishing Cape Cod! Black sea bass season is upon us, so today I wanted to share with you two recipes you can try at home in your own kitchen. The first recipe is a grilled black sea bass with mango salsa and sweet plantain. We’ll go over all the details for how to

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How to Pan Sear and Grill Black Sea Bass | with David Bailey of the Goose Hummock