After a very disappointing start to the sixth month, things got real hot hot hot. I mean, we were partying like it was 2015 out there. Big bass showed up all the old reliable spots gorging on huge schools of sand eels, mackerel, and herring. Since then, things have quieted down some. In the place […]
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I feel like now is a good a time as any to actually carve out some time and type out some of the fishing experiences we’ve had this month. Let me be the first (or seven-hundredth) to tell you, May was packed with fishing stuff. Good trips, great trips, insane trips. Absolutely brutal and fishless […]
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Quick little update for you stripers fiends this Friday afternoon (what day is it, really?). We’ve reached the point in the spring run where making the decision as to where and when to pursue stripers can be panic inducing. We are paralyzed by the thought of choosing a spot and choosing wrong. I’m feeling that […]
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It’s too early in the season for fish heartbreak, but here we are, crying in the club over a missed strike on a salter and a broken off Larry. This mild winter (knock on wood) has kept my waders and gear in the car since the fall run. And I have no plans of ever […]
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The definitive end of the striper season around the Cape usually bookends in the first half of November. That is unless you’re a crazy person. And I know some of you reading this are.
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With albie fever seemingly breaking for the moment, it may be a good time to take a step back and talk about some strategies to make catching them just a little less frustrating. I, and pretty much everyone I’ve talked to, expect another large push of albies before the they make their final lap, but […]
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We covered some miles this weekend. And we found life almost everywhere we looked. Both days felt very fall-ish, which is not a feeling I can really describe, except to say that the days are getting noticeable shorter, work is getting busier, and the fish (bass blues and bones) are getting hungrier. These conditions do […]
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The bass fishing has been as good as it’s ever been, according to some. Just not in Cape Cod Bay. Big bass found the pogie schools along the South Shore up to Boston in open water a few weeks ago and they have not relented. Charter captains and those lucky enough to get in on […]
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Fishing is figuring out the little things. Every once in a while–maybe once a season if you’re lucky–one tiny thing clicks that helps you understand how to catch stripers more consistently.
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*Note: Trying a quick-hitter report here in addition to my typical weekend Insta story fishing report. If you don’t follow us on Insta, get to followin’ @sevenstripesfishing Well, for those of you still waiting on the starter’s gun, those big June bass feeding on top finally showed up in the Cape Cod Bay haunts last […]
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