Fishing reports, videos and more.
Ryan CollinsI plan on chasing stripers right through the winter, but with November right around the corner, largemouth bass are now biting hard.One of the simplest and most effective ways to catch a largemouth in a pond right now is to use what is known as a Rooster Tail.Rooster Tails ...
Ryan Collins If you follow the Canal Today thread in our forum, then you'll see folks are still catching schoolies, with the occasional keeper mixed in.There have also been scattered reports of larger bass up to 30 pounds being seen and caught in the canal area over the past week. Without a ...
Ryan Collins The striper fishing for me the past 72 hours has been challenging. There have been some good pushes of fish through parts of the Cape (we'll talk about that later) but for me the fishing has been very hit and miss. On Thursday night I had this decent trip ...
Ryan Collins Last night I spent the hours of 7pm-10pm bouncing Al Gag's Whip-It-Fish along the bottom of an inlet. In inlets on Cape Cod, striped bass often hug tight to the bottom, holding in shallow depressions waiting for a meal to be swept by. A 1.5 ounce Whip-It-Fish or ...
Ryan Collins Before I dive into this report, I would like to mention that not all marinas allow fishing from their docks. I recommend asking your local harbormaster if fishing is allowed, before you step foot onto the docks, especially at night. However, if you can find a lighted marina where ...
Ryan Collins Back during the weekend of October 9th, I had the pleasure of joining a group of My Fishing Cape Codders for a surfcasting trip on Martha's Vineyard.The weather was pretty challenging the first day and night, but on my second day the skies cleared up and the sun ...
Ryan CollinsEarly yesterday morning, while fishing a rock ledge covered with eel grass, I hooked and landed my first striper for the MFCC Derby.The fish was caught in one of the coolest spots my cousin Kevin (host of the podcast) and I have ever fished for striped bass. I never would of ...
Ryan CollinsI have just recently discovered the effectiveness of the needlefish when surfcasting Cape Cod at night for striped bass.Of course I knew all along how effective needlefish can be. For example my friend Danya Mahota even blogged about needlefish last year here on MFCC.Yet this season I have been casting ...
Ryan Collins On Friday October 7th myself and MFCC intern Andrew Burke encountered fantastic fly fishing for schoolies and small keeper stripers. The bass were not large but they were present in astounding numbers. Hundreds of stripers were patrolling up and down the shoreline. Fortunately for me the big schools ...
Ryan Collins Last weekend I jigged an inlet on Cape Cod which has treated me very well over the years, especially during October. During this tip I fishing at around 8:00am. I was fortunate to catch bass up to 37 inches using 1.5 ounce Al Gag's Whip-It Fish. Oftentimes the ...
Ryan Collins I woke up this past Friday morning to the sound of crashing waves, howling wind and pelting rain. In the dim morning light I watched powerful waves smash onto the shoreline, and felt the sting of the wind on my face. All week I had enjoyed a fantastic ...
Ryan CollinsSome of the biggest bluefish of the entire season have showed up the past few days here on Cape Cod.These are "gator" bluefish over the 10 pound mark with some specimens pushing 15+ pounds.In this post I would like to share with you another drone surfcasting video filmed by ...
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