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On the seventh day, there were stripers

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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Patrick Cassidy of Cape Cod on the Fly, Podcast

In this episode, we chat with Patrick Cassidy of Cape Cod on the Fly. We deep dive into strategies for finding and catching stripers on the flats in Cape Cod Bay and the rips off Monomoy. We also chat about striper movements and progressions throughout the season, break down the Macro, Micro and Nano of […]

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Blog, Cape Cod, Stripers

Weekend Warrior: April Again

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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Jerry Audet on Surf Stripers, Podcast

In this episode, we chat with Jerry Audet of In Deep Outdoors about nightshift surf stripers. Jerry gives a masterclass on finding productive structure (especially boulderfields) and gives us a peek into his striper obsession. He also gives the one type of plug that you need to have in your bag if you want to […]

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Weekend Warrior: Look at all those chickens

And by chickens, I mean feeding, dive bombing, screeching birds. Thousands of them! This week, the bait fuse was lit across Buzzards Bay, the Southside, and Cape Cod Bay. And of course, waves of migratory bass followed. We really have two major size classes all the way from Buzzards Bay to Boston right now– 22″ […]

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Dan Wells on finding big bass, Podcast

In this episode, I sit down with Dan Wells (@canalflyguy). Dan gives an absolute masterclass on finding big bass at night. We talk fly and spin presentations, tidal and moon stage, and have lots of fun bait discussion. If you listen to this and use the methods Dan outlines here, you will catch more stripers. […]

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