Nothing gold can stay, folks. The early parts of July saw some of the best recreational tuna fishing in years in the waters off Race Point, out to the Bank, and down the Backside. Acres of 45″ – 60″ slashed through schools of sand eels for two weeks straight. We had some serious “foamers” as […]
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Thumb. Pinky. Tuna Tail. That’s how my daughter, Emilia, does it anyways. And honestly, getting the tuna tails going around Mal de Mer has been just about as easy as that this season. But before we get there… Okay, let’s get this out of there way. You may notice I haven’t posted, well, much of […]
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We’ve reached that magical sea surface temp of 50 degrees South of the Cape. Dandelion are sprouting up all over my yard. Let’s get a bucket of green crabs and check out a rock pile or two. It’s tog time. We made plans on Sunday for an afternoon cruise out into Buzzards Bay. Wind was […]
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In this episode, we chat with Brian Kelly of Rocks Pebbles and Sands Fishing. We talk about finding your footing as a relatively new guide and boat angler in the Northeast, striper fishing on the South Shore and Cape Cod Bay through the season, and Brian gives his top flies you need to be tying […]
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Variety is the spice of life. That’s what they say, anyway. In the past few years, I’ve tried to downsize my collection to the lures that I know work. I had some lures sitting in Planos in my plug bag or on the boat that looked pretty but I knew deep down I would never […]
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Okay, okay, so I may not do any fishing this weekend. And there may not be any fishing to report on yet. But who cares! Really, I’m just writing this thing to tell you how excited I am that we’ve finally entered the month of March and that fishing season is on our doorstep. Trout […]
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I had checked this beach on six consecutive days, watching the fall bounty of peanut bunker stack up in the bubble weed and the seabirds meander along the shoreline, picking at shells and eelgrass. Three of the six days, I found fish—micro stripers gliding through the shallows chasing singular baitfish and shrimp. On the other […]
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I keep thinking about perspective. In June, you could not have paid me to cast to trout in a kettle pond. But here I am, at the end of October tying a woolly bugger to a 4x tippet casting to stocked trout, getting skunked and actually somewhat enjoying the peace it brings. In early May, […]
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In this episode, we chat with Capt. Dave Peros, On the Water and Salty Cape columnist and local guide. We review our 2021 striper season, wax poetic about the Fall Run, get some schooling on how to catch more albies on the fly, and talk about how you should always lie to your friends about […]
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Perhaps the greatest live performance ever sung is Dylan’s meandering, slowed-down rendition of “Hard Rain’s a-gonna Fall” at Carnegie Hall in 1963. This performance has literally nothing to do with the fishing report, aside from the very clear fact that it’s pouring rain outside of my window (and snow outside of some of your windows), […]
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