In this episode, we sit down with Joe D’Agostino of Joebaggs Tackle. We chat about how to catch every type of fish in the Northeast on a Joebaggs lure, big bass on olive jigs at night, and how the famous “Patriot Fish” was named. Hint: It involves a lost bet. And Joe is not a […]
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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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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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Looking to catch your first striper from the boat? Or, want to catch stripers more consistently? Well, you’re going to need to right equipment to do so. After perusing this post, you should know exactly what you need to go out and catch stripers. Here’s a hint, wives, girlfriends, husbands, boyfriends, mothers, fathers: If you’re […]
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We fish in November because after months of relentlessly pursuing something, it would be uncomfortable to quit it cold turkey. The whole “not fishing” thing is something that needs to be eased into. November then, serves a few different purposes—the primary one being the longing for “one last fish” at the tail of the migration […]
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“Meet at the dock at 5 a.m.”
Or at least that was the plan. It was late May, and the first reports of migrating striped bass in Plymouth Bay were making their way around the local fishing community.
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We’re at that time in the season folks. Thursday afternoon, as I took the skiff out to the mooring for the hundredth time this year, I found myself thinking about how many more times I’d get to do it this season. Our lives get busier in the Fall. Getting out of bed is harder when […]
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You never know what a few days of ridiculous wind will do to the bait and stripers. Prior to the wind, there was a bit of a slowdown in the canal, but the Monomoy Rips were holding a big biomass of fish and the pogy schools from the East End up to Marshfield were being […]
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