September 28, 2016

Ryan Collins Some 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 my friend Zach

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Gator Bluefish in the Cape Cod Surf
September 26, 2016

Ryan Collins The much talked about “fall run” is certainly underway here on Cape Cod. Yesterday I was fortunate to encounter stellar surfcasting despite very windy, and very rough conditions. I had an entire crew of great people with me yesterday including my friend Dave Steeves from the Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans, and my drone-flying friend

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Big Bass in the Cape Cod Surf
September 24, 2016

Ryan Collins The places I have fished all summer long are completely devoid of striped bass right now. The bass schools were in their usual spots as recent as Thursday morning, but by Thursday night they were gone. I was expecting this to happen, because I believe these schools of striped bass have begun their migration south. To

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Chasing The Migration
September 19, 2016

Ryan Collins This past weekend I spent two nights surfcasting a specific type of area I feel is one of the most reliable places to find fish on Cape Cod. On Friday night I fished with MFCC intern Andrew Burke and MFCC podcast host Kevin Collins. On Saturday night I headed back to the same general area

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Cape Cod Weekend Surfcasting Report
September 14, 2016

Ryan Collins 48 hours ago I encountered the most epic albie feeds of my life while fishing off Cape Cod, in the hobie kayak from Sturgis Boatworks. Throughout this memorable day I watched at least one thousand albies as they fed all over the surface. I saw fish as large as 12 pounds go flying

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Albies are Everywhere!
September 6, 2016

Ryan Collins Before this week’s storm, my friends and I had a blast catching stripers up to 41 inches.  Even more cooler was the fact we were targeting inshore areas from our 12 foot tin boat, powered by a 6hp Johnson. Any striper larger than 40 inches in length is a quality fish, but there is something

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September 6th Tin Boat Fishing Update
September 5, 2016

Lauren Blacker I have this funny feeling that when a guy goes fishing, all he really wants is to catch fish, and enjoy utter silence. That is really not a strong point for me. So when Ryan asked if I would join him on the little 12 footer for a few hours of fishing, I was stunned.

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Stripers, Toucans, Weddings and Phosphorous
September 3, 2016

Ryan Collins Yesterday myself and a group of MFCC members headed out at sunrise in search of the first false albacore of the season. By no means was the action “lights out” but based on reports I feel we did pretty well, catching a total of 4 albies and seeing many more on the surface. The

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Albies Have Arrived
August 31, 2016

Ryan Collins 10 days ago my bachelor party buddies and I fished Prince Edward Island with captain Troy of Bruce Brothers Charters. The target was giant bluefin tuna. Prince Edward Island is one of the best places in the world to catch and observe the largest tunas on the planet. However, I also wanted to investigate

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Tuna Fishing PEI with Bruce Brothers Charters
August 25, 2016

Hayden Gallagher Canal fishing at its finest, that’s what I have been experiencing my past few trips to the canal.  Particularly my last trip when I was able to hook up with some nice fish, including my personal best for the year, which was great. For a lot of people, this season has had its

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Cape Cod Canal Fishing at it’s Finest
August 24, 2016

Ryan Collins When I was in grade school, my father bought a 12 foot tin boat and a 6 horsepower Johnson engine. Several years ago an October nor’ easter swept the 12 footer off the beach.  After many hours of fruitless searching, my friend Jason Mazzola located the boat half buried beneath a dune, a full 2 miles

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Fishing Cape Cod from a 12ft Tin Boat
August 18, 2016

Ryan Collins The striped bass fishing around Cape Cod continues to be stellar! Last night I was fortunate to catch a 47 pound striped bass and my dad caught a 45 pounder. There were plenty of smaller fish mixed in too. The great news is that you certainly do not need any fancy expensive boat to

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One Hundred Stripers in 4ft of Water