Wildlife & Nature - My Fishing Cape Cod

April 29, 2025

Herring Have Arrived on Cape Cod in Force!

This morning, as spring sunshine bathed Cape Cod in golden light, my wife Lauren and I introduced our 10-month-old daughter Hallie to one of our peninsula's most sacred rituals: the herring run.Today marked Hallie's first encounter with Cape Cod's silver messengers of spring - river herring.While I stood mesmerized by

December 6, 2024

A Mesmerizing School of Bass & Blue

As colder weather settles into the region, I often find that I finally have time to sift through footage that I never got around to sharing during the busy summer season. One such example happened this past season on the morning of September 14th. Conditions were flat calm and the

July 29, 2024

It’s Time to Get Ready for Cape Cod Albies!

False albacore will sometimes arrive in Cape Cod's waters as early as mid-August, which is now right around the corner.Albies are one of the most exciting inshore fish to catch on Cape Cod, and in this video you'll get a bird's eye view of some epic albie blitzes from years

July 5, 2024

Viewing Great White Sharks on Cape Cod

In this video, we go searching for great white sharks off the beaches of Orleans and Chatham. This video was filmed on July 31st 2021, and it originally aired during April of 2022 as part of season 5 of My Fishing Cape Cod TV.To view our most recent episodes of

November 2, 2023

This HUGE Giant Tuna ENGULFED My Bluefish!

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

October 14, 2023

3 Giant Bluefin Tunas Checked Out My Bluefish!

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

October 3, 2023

Great White Shark or Something Else???

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

September 11, 2023

This Giant Tuna ALMOST Ate My 34inch Bluefish!

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

July 27, 2023

Never Before Seen Video of Brown Sharks Eating Eels

Brown sharks inhabit the inshore waters along the south coast of Cape Cod and the Islands from June through September. The month of July in particular seems to be a good time to encounter some of the larger brown shark specimens.I filmed this footage using a GoPro Hero 7 Black

July 18, 2023

Hummingbirds on Cape Cod

Obviously this is a fishing site, but we also have members in here who love birding, and Cape Cod is one of the best places around to view an amazing variety of birds.For example, when I was growing up in the town of Bourne, I probably saw only a handful

July 10, 2023

The Basking Shark: Cape Cod’s Largest Shark

When people think of Cape Cod and sharks, most folks imagine the Great White. Of course Great White sharks are massive creatures, but did you know the Great White is actually not the largest shark swimming in Cape waters?In fact, the Basking Shark is on average 10 feet longer than

June 22, 2023

Snorkeling with Hundreds of Striped Bass!

In this video, we go snorkeling with hundreds of striped bass, and get up close with these magnificent fish.This video was filmed on June 27th 2021, and it originally aired during April of 2022 as part of season 5 of My Fishing Cape Cod TV. To watch full episodes of

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