July 17, 2024

This article was originally published on August 14th, 2021.Last night I went blue crabbing with My Fishing Cape Cod member John D. Silva. John has been involved with My Fishing Cape Cod since I started the website back in 2011.You might recognize John from the articles and forum posts he's ...

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How to Catch & Cook Blue Crabs
October 16, 2023

It was noticeably chillier this past Saturday night when myself and MFCC members Charlie Lewis and Kenzie Floyd hit the beach for some surfcasting.With the new moon and plenty of cloud cover I knew it was going to be a very dark evening. Cape Cod Bay was flat calm with ...

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Cape Cod Bay Shore Fishing Report
June 4, 2022

by My Fishing Cape Cod member Tim Donnelly "I envy not him that eats better meat than I do, nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do. I envy nobody but him, and him only, that catches more fish than I do. And such a ...

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Green with Envy | June 4 Cape Cod Fishing Report
August 17, 2021

This summer I've been fortunate to fish with dozens of members from My Fishing Cape Cod, whether it be from shore or from boat. During one particularly memorable trip I was fishing with MFCC member Jeff Campbell aboard his 27' Southport center console. We left the dock at 5am on ...

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The Most BREATHTAKING Underwater Striper Fishing and Drone Footage of 2021!
January 23, 2021

*This post from 8-year MFCC member Dex Chadsey was originally published in December of 2016. We figured now would be a good time to re-publish this post, because all the information is still very relevant to striper fishing in 2021. I'd been hearing about how successful Daiwa SP Minnows could be ...

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How To Keep Your SP Minnow From Damaging Small Fish
September 2, 2020

There is nothing more exciting than a shoreline blitz! In this post you'll see brand new images and video of stripers on the hunt in shallow water. I filmed the following clips on August 29th and August 30th. On these days peanut bunker were being trapped in shallow by stripers. ...

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Cape Cod’s Shallow-Water Peanut Bunker Blitzes
November 12, 2019

Ryan Collins November fishing for fans and members of My Fishing Cape Cod has produced plenty of schoolie stripers, big brown trout, largemouth bass and plenty other species. In this post I would like to quickly highlight some of the most impressive recent catches.  If your photo or catch did ...

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Top 5 Recent Catches by My Fishing Cape Codders
September 12, 2019

Ryan Collins Did 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 ...

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Giant Cape Cod Stingray (caught on video!)
August 13, 2019

Ryan CollinsLast week I took a moment to highlight this recent success story from one of our members who managed this summer to catch his first-ever striper after many years of trying.Reading these stories always makes me happy, and it helps to inspire me to continue pushing MFCC forward, and ...

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Member Success Story: A Fishing Trip To Remember!
July 23, 2019

Garet Suomala Hello My Fishing Cape Cod. ??  Garet Suomala here with another interesting Cape Cod fishing adventure to share with you. So sit right back, and you will hopefully enjoy this adventure. Something really cool happened to me back on June 10. I was fortunate enough to be invited ...

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My Experience Filming An Episode Of My Fishing Cape Cod TV
July 1, 2019

Ryan Collins Saturday night myself and 3 members of My Fishing Cape Cod encountered consistent action with stripers on almost every cast! I also thought we would eventually find some "keeper size" striped bass, however getting into big fish from shore is never a sure bet. Regardless we still had ...

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Cape Cod Surfcasting Report | Monday July 1
June 17, 2019

Ryan CollinsEffective next year (2020) recreational anglers not fishing aboard for-hire vessels will berequired to use inline circle hooks when fishing for striped bass in Massachusetts with whole or cut natural baits.Since inline circle hooks will soon be required by law, I figured now would be a great time to ...

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Stop Gut-Hooking Striped Bass, By Using This Type Of Circle Hook