Things are about to blow wide open. We’ve got haddock moving inshore, stocked trout on the feed, big bass in pre-spawn, and, oh yeah, migratory stripers in state waters. What’s not to like? As is typical for the April playbook, I’ve been having fun with bluegill, monster pickerel, and slab crappie in my local pond. […]
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It’s April again. You know what that means, right? Freezing cold fishing trips, numb fingers, leaky waders, and fishless days, all in the name of trying to get a head start on the striper season. Doesn’t that sound like fun!? I think it does. But there are other options for us this month if you […]
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Spring, that is. Spring is officially here. Well, actually, not officially, but you get the point. When those stocking trucks start-a-rollin’ you can’t help but feel like spring is rolling in too. Not to mention the veritable chorus of birds I’m hearing in the morning, the reports of scout herring in the runs, and whispers […]
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Surprise! Just like that, after an on-again-off-again winter, we’re back for another fishing season. The trout have been stocked in the ponds and rivers around the Cape. Largemouth are eating, getting ready to spawn. Pickerel and perch and bluegill are massacring your flies meant for trout. Oh, and by the way. The stripers may be […]
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Whelp, we’ll have a quick fishing report here, but this’ll do it for your weekend reports this season, folks. But don’t worry. We’ll still be fishing and reporting on the results (even if you aren’t planning on wetting a line, you can still live vicariously through us). There is still fishing to be had from […]
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Today we’re talking the tour de fish with Bassmaster Elite Series Angler, Chad Pipkens. I’m pumped up about this one. Great conversation with a great dude. We talked about the day-to-day of fishing the Elite Series tour, Chad’s strategies for fishing unknown water, and of course, a great story about the one that got away. The […]
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The canal was loaded up this week. I mean the bite was hot hot hot. But if you’re reading this, you don’t need me to tell you that. Just pull up your Facebook and you’ll see a hundred posts of anglers holding up big dead stripers. I won’t talk about the canal here, because when […]
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Stripers, stripers, stripers. It’s all I’m thinking about. But where are they? That’s the real question. Well, I think I have good news. I’m willing to bet that we’ll all know the answer to this question by the time the weekend is over. Spring Migration We always picture the Spring migration as a wave […]
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I’m going to gush for a second. This time of year–this exact moment in the fishing season–is so cool. I just finished reading my fishing reports and scouring the online forums for any recent reports of outings, and I’m sitting here on my couch smiling. Honestly. There’s just such optimism in our little fishing sphere […]
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We have real options this weekend! Sort of… Stick with me here. First and foremost, for me, will be trout. All major ponds and rivers in our area have been stocked. I’ve heard rumors of some browns and ‘bows in the four-pound range taken out of Peters, Mashpee-Wakeby, and Long Pond (Plymouth). So, if you’re […]
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