Hello MFCC! 
My name is Mads Christiansen and I joined My Fishing Cape Cod as a member during September of 2024 when my friends and I were visiting from Denmark. We even had a chance to meet some of you at your 36 Hour Grind Surfcasting Tournament awards meetup.
Recently I’ve been emailing with Ryan of MFCC about sharing a recap of our experience shore fishing the Cape with light spinning tackle. In addition, Ryan gave me the OK to include a little information about the guided trips my friends and I offer to Iceland for Brown and Arctic trout. We would be more than happy and very excited to help any MFCC members catch some fish in Iceland if any of you are interested.
So with that said, here we go with the recap of our tremendous experience fishing the Cape from shore this past fall using light spin gear. Thank you for reading! 
Our 2024 Light Spin Fishing Adventures on Cape Cod
I am writing to you from Denmark, as it’s now been several months since returning from Cape Cod. With the colder weather, I wanted to sum up our trip to your wonderful peninsula where fishing dreams can come true!
We were a group of 3 people from Denmark going to Cape Cod for 10 days of fishing during late September and early October of this year. This was our second trip to Cape Cod. Our first trip was during June of this year when we experienced difficult fishing.
We experienced some great fishing this time around. We managed to catch several slot size Stripers, with 5 Stripers bigger than the slot, and also a number of Schoolies and Shads.
On top of that we also caught Bonitos and Bluefish, with all fish being caught from shore - except the Bluefin tuna that we managed to hook by casting top water lures from a boat with Cape Cod Offshore.
The shoreline of Cape Cod has some resemblance to the shoreline of Denmark. However, the huge tidal difference is new to us, and we had to learn how it affected the fish, the feeding, and the places we chose to fish.
At home, we fish for sea trouts and our primary lures imitate sand eels, sticklebacks, sprats or herrings. This time around we had brought lots of smaller lures as opposed to our trip mid-June, where we fished with bigger lures, and then found out that the stripers were feeding on tiny sand eels!
Sand eel imitations are an easy go-to lure which cast well in windy conditions and can be fished in shallow water. Poppers and topwater plugs are not something we are used to fishing with. Primarily my friends and I have only used poppers and topwater plugs when fishing in Mexico or the Maldives for Roosterfish or GT’s.
Our gear setup was designed for cast fishing all day, so reel, line and rod matched the weight of the lures we used. We rarely used lures heavier than 1oz.
Here’s a complete description of the fishing, the places we visited, and the gear we used.
Glad you got to experience the beauty and bounty of Cape Cod’s historic waters. Iceland is on my bucket list. Daily flights from Logan airport makes it easy. My little brother has been twice. Loves Iceland!
Would love to read your article on salmon fishing. Is that an Arctic Char in one of the pictures?
Hi Charles
Yes, it’s an Arctic char on the picture – and a beautiful one I might say 🙂
We also have direct flights from Denmark to Iceland, which really makes the flight convenient and time efficient and often tickets are fairly cheap too.
Enjoyed the article by the guys from Iceland. Would like to see their article on fishing in Iceland too.
I enjoyed your article…. happy you ha had a great trip and also some good information for the future… I’m always interested in new places to fish in will keep you in mind…. Merry Christmas and tight lines
Hi Marc
Also a Merry Christmas to you and please reach out if you have any questions or whatever in need of clarification.
Great article & photos! Enjoyed reading and look forward to your tale of fishing Iceland and Denmark.
My 3 year old granddaughter – Tilde and her 6 month old brother – Loke live in Holbaek, DK and are ready to accompany you gents on fishing Denmark’s shores between naps.
Tight Lines and Dry Waders!
RM
Hi Richard
Thanks for your reply and nice to hear that you’ve enjoyed the read.
I’ll speak with Ryan about an article on Iceland, where you will get to read about monster trouts 🙂
Say hi to Tilde and Loke – I hope they will grow up and see the beauty in fishing.
What a great recap, thank you so much for taking the time to get us all thinking about chasing big fish again soon enough. Those are some beautiful trout as well!!! Tight lines
Hi Mike
Glad that you enjoyed it and beautiful fish are always worth dreaming of 😄
Thank you Mads! A great article to read. Glad you enjoyed the fall run here on the Cape!
Hi Gretchen
Thanks for the kind words and a great day to you!
That was a really good article
I really enjoyed reading it
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. It sounds like your group are well versed in fishing the Cape. You were able to hit quite a few spots that produced for you. The Cape is a special place. Glad you were able to get a piece of it. Reach out when you return and I’m sure some of us could show you more of this beautiful place.
Hi Pierre
Thanks for the kind words – yes, we indeed find Cape Cod fascinating with lots of beautiful places.
Next time, we’d definitely reach out and would love being shown new and exciting places!
I was just telling my friend that I feel like I had a great fishing year and didn’t really have the urge to get back out there. After reading your wonderful write up I can’t wait until the Spring now! This was a fantastic read. What are the good times to fish in Iceland?
Hi Christopher
On Iceland, we primarily target trouts in the big lakes and find that mid June to mid July and again late August into September may be the best times.
June with the midnight sun and late August with the chance of Northern light (Aurora) – Iceland is very breath taking!
Hi Mads! If I’m not mistaken we met several years ago at Town Neck Beach, and the three of you were fly fishing?
I texted your group some photos, and the fishing was basically non-stop that day. Sorry I missed you this year….
Congrats on a fun fall trip!!
Hi Terry
Thanks for the congrats – yes, we had a really enjoyable trip.
I’ve only been to Cape Cod twice, so I may have been mistaken by someone else. Also, I rarely fly fish and if it happens, I’ll be using a double handed rod fishing for salmon 🙂
Perhaps, we can meet up next time we’ll be on Cape Cod