In this podcast, we talk with Chris Aubut of Aubut Rods about catching 100-pound tarpon and 18 inch-stripers, and the beauty of catching a fish on that perfect rod. For more information, check out aubutrods.com, or find Aubut Rods on Instagram and Facebook. Don’t forget to check out the MSBA Show on March 30th and […]
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What’s this!? A new report? This is it, folks. The first official report of the 2019 fishing season is hot off the WordPress. It’s all uphill (downhill?) from here. This is exciting for a few reasons, namely that right now, at this exact instant, you have the ability to go down to one of your […]
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While it may not hold the promise of big fish on every outing like some other popular Cape Cod Bay striper locations, the light tackle and topwater fishing opportunities in the Three Bays are spectacular, even world-class. The bay is dynamic and complex and features almost every type of striper structure that we find in the Northeast. It’s a totally unique location. And most importantly, it holds lots of striped bass.
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In this podcast, I sit down with Larry Wentworth to talk plugs. We chat about beat-up plug mojo, the intricacies of getting bass to bite in skinny water, and why everyone should be kayaking fishing for stripers. Check out Big Fish Bait Company on Facebook and keep an eye on that feed. Larry regularly lists […]
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*This story originally appeared in the January 2018 edition of On the Water Magazine. A thought usually jolts through my head as I stare blinking and blurry-eyed into the deafening light of my iPhone after three hours of sleep on those early season, early morning wake-ups: Man, I hope something happens during this fishing trip that makes the sleep deprivation worth it. The thing is, it doesn’t even […]
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On the Water announced yesterday that they are changing the structure of the long-running Striper Cup, eliminating all weigh-ins from the format. With this move, OTW will look to move toward a catch and release-focused tournament model. “There is not a single prize in the 2019 Striper Cup that requires an angler to keep a […]
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The Pats won in a fashion that most likely had Bill Belichick VERY HAPPY well past the four-hour threshold. There’s your analysis. Last night scrolling through Twitter, adrenaline still pumping through my brain, someone tweeted a picture of a truck with a Sox logo on it. “Truck Day,” it said. What a stupid thing, I […]
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I had no idea what a ‘take’ was until I fooled my first striped bass on the fly. Sure, before that moment, I’d caught plenty of fish on a plug or a softbait and we can all agree that it’s a great feeling. Tough to beat a smashed plug on top and a nice hookset […]
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In this podcast, we talk with George, Steve and Ray from the MA Striped Bass Association about all of the great vendors and seminars at the MSBA Sportfishing Expo this year. We also talk about catching 62-pound stripers and losing 70-pound stripers. Lots of great fishing stories in this one. Or listen on iTunes Podcasts […]
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Targeting stripers from the kayak was my first love; cruising and sightfishing the flats, drifting softbaits through the rips, trolling the tube and worm, chasing schools of blitzing bass on the outgoing tide.
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