December 18, 2024

In this seminar, Capt. Phil Howarth explains how to catch tuna on Cape Cod. This seminar is mainly aimed at people who are looking to catch their first tuna

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Intro to Tuna Fishing with Captain Phil Howarth
March 31, 2024

The last episode of season 7 of My Fishing Cape Cod TV has been airing this weekend on NBC Sports Boston. In case you don’t get that channel, I wanted to share the episode here so you can watch online. To get access to all episodes of My Fishing Cape Cod TV, please visit myfishingcapecod.com/tv. Thank

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Season Finale of MFCC TV
March 16, 2024

Harpooning is one of the oldest and most primitive methods of harvesting fish.  Obviously it’s been perfected with modern day technology, but the technique itself dates back thousands of years. Back on Sunday June 11th 2023, I went harpooning for bluefin tuna with Tyler Macallister and first mate Sean Davis (who’s a member of My Fishing

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Harpooning Tuna off Cape Cod
February 24, 2024

*Before fishing for sharks, vessel owners must obtain an Atlantic highly migratory species permit, with the shark endorsement. Please click here to learn more. In the first episode of season 7 of My Fishing Cape Cod TV I went thresher shark fishing for the first time in my life. A couple of years ago my

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Thresher Shark Fishing
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 trying to get this shot

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This HUGE Giant Tuna ENGULFED My Bluefish!
October 21, 2023

Back in 2018 myself and a group of 40 members from My Fishing Cape Cod got together at the Fishermen’s View Restaurant for an in-person meetup about tuna fishing off Cape Cod. In attendance were Chris Nashville from the Goose Hummock Shops and Cullen Lundholm from Cape Star Charters. Both of these guys have a lot of

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Everything You Need To Catch Tuna Off Cape Cod
October 14, 2023

In this video, three giant bluefin tunas make a quick pass at a low 30 inch class bluefish that I was slow trolling from my boat in this general area off Cape Cod. It’s tough to say for sure just how big these tunas are. However, historically, most of the tunas that are caught in the

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3 Giant Bluefin Tunas Checked Out My Bluefish!
October 3, 2023

In this video filmed on 9/14/23 off Cape Cod, a shark which I originally thought was a juvenile great white or porbeagle, chomps down on a live-lined 30 inch bluefish that I was slow trolling without a hook. ⁠⁠However, yesterday one of our members of My Fishing Cape Cod who has a longstanding relationship with

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Great White Shark or Something Else???
September 29, 2023

During autumn, it’s not uncommon at all to encounter young bluefin tuna in the 45-70 inch size class at places like Crab Ledge and the Regal Sword off Chatham, or at Stellwagen Bank.It’s also not uncommon to find tuna within just a few miles of Cape Cod’s shorelines. You won’t find these fish in Buzzard’s Bay,

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Spin Fishing for Tuna (Full Episode)
September 11, 2023

In this underwater video filmed last week on Cape Cod, a giant bluefin tuna of perhaps more than 500 pounds comes over to investigate a live-lined 34 inch bluefish, that I was slow trolling from my boat. For many years I have dreamt about capturing an underwater bite from a huge giant bluefin tuna on video.

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This Giant Tuna ALMOST Ate My 34inch Bluefish!
August 11, 2023

It was a bright and sunny morning as I pulled into New Seabury Marina, located behind Popponesset Island in Mashpee.  For this trip I had received an invitation from Mike Starr (who joined My Fishing Cape Cod way back in 2014) to hop onboard his beautiful boat Joint Venture. The wind was light and variable and

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Wahoo (and More!) at the Offshore Canyons
August 7, 2023

Slow pitch vertical jigging for tuna is a highly effective tuna fishing technique off Cape Cod, especially when tuna are feeding down below in deep water. Jigging for tuna is also something you can do while drifting live bait or casting other lures. A lot of times all you need to do is drop your jig

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How to Slow Pitch Jig for Bluefin Tuna off Cape Cod