How Being A Generous Person Can Help You Catch 30 Pound Striped Bass

Way back during early spring of 2014, while fishing for schoolie stripers, I dropped my GoPro Hero 2 camera into a puddle. The circuit board instantly fried and the camera died on the spot.

DOH!

I've broken or lost a total of 4 GoPro cameras since starting MFCC, and I knew it would be at least a week until I was able to find a replacement.

So I posted on Facebook asking for help, and MFCC member Chris Cormier came to the rescue.

Chris sent me his GoPro Hero 2 camera the very next day at no cost to me, and I was up and rolling again in no time. Incredible!

Fast forward several months, and weather conditions and schedules finally align for me to return the favor.

So roughly a week and one half ago, Chris and his dad Jean came out fishing with me on my boat the Miss Loretta in search of big striped bass, and fortunately for us the fish cooperated.

 One Last Taste Of Summer On Cape Cod

The winds were light, the skies were clear, and the air was warm. I was in shorts and short sleeves as we cruised out to the fishing grounds.

The reports I received from the bait shop, boat ramp attendant, and other anglers at the marina were not good. "There is nothing at all out there" they told me.

I relayed that information along to Chris and Jean, and told them I felt those reports didn't matter much. I believed that if we put forth a decent effort, we would have as good a chance at any for finding a few fall-run striped bass.

Here One Day, Gone The Next

During the Fall, striped bass on Cape Cod can be here one day and gone the next. The fish are in migration mode, which means a school of stripers may move into an area, then move on very quickly.

The next day or week another school of bass will move in, and subsequently move on, en route to warmer climates.

With this in mind I brought the guys to an area which has been very good to me over the years. I think I caught my first striper in this particular spot when I was 10 years old fishing from a 12 foot aluminum boat.

Upon arrival I gave the guys a quick lesson on how I wanted them to fish.

So far we had not registered any fish, or bites, but I felt our chances of success were still very good.

And Then The Bass Appeared From Out Of "Nowhere"

Not long after after giving the guys a quick fishing lesson, the first school of striped bass swam directly beneath my boat. I estimated there to be at least 75-100 fish in the school.

Problem was we didn't get bit. For the next 30 minutes we fished hard, with bass in the area, but failed to entice a single fish into biting.

Then it began happening. I have no explanation why, but the bass began biting...with authority.

It was great fishing, and quickly turned into another one of those Cape Cod fishing trips I will think about during the snowstorms of January and February.

We fished right until dark, picking off an occasional 15-30 pound striped bass every so often.

By the end of the trip we had boated around 10 fish, from schoolies all the way up to 35 pounds. It just goes to show that it always pays being a generous person!

Thanks again Chris for the complimentary GoPro camera! That was a huge help.

Why Join My Fishing Cape Cod?

Obviously I can't take each and every MFCC member fishing with me, but I get the sense that more fishing events and group outtings are coming down the line. This past weekend I traveled to and fished with 11 MFCC members at Cuttyhunk Island (posts & videos from the trip coming soon!).

In addition to all the membership benefits which are outlined on this page, the MFCC community is a friendly place on the web to get fishing information and fishing help. You'll never see the "bashing" and negative talk in our forum, which runs rampant in some other online fishing forums.

We also care about stuff other than just fishing, like the environment, and we aren't afraid to let our local community leaders know how we feel.

If this sounds good to you, then we'd love to have you onboard as a member.

Tight lines and take care,

Ryan

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