Hey all, as of sunday evening I will be a Cape Cod resident if all goes well for now. I am of course going to take all of my tackle, but wish to ask for advice as to where to fish, what to use etc... A little crash course would be nice. I will be staying in Dennis, MA, and literally 200 yards from the bay, but within easy access to the whole cape, bay and open atlantic! I am excited about it, even thou Ive been warned it dies down when the Nor'easterns start pushing down hard, however ive also been told of football sized albacore and tuna within casting distance of the beach, as well as of course the stripers and blues! Anyway, help me out here lol!
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Re: Northbound, need some tips!
I've fished the beaches around Chatham several times, did well at the lighthouse beach and Monomoy Island for stripers and blues, live eels at night on a bottom rig were killer for the stripers, big plugs and spoons will work too.
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takecare of yourself up there juan. gl
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Re: Northbound, need some tips!
thx all for the comments lol. Lets see what old winters got in store for me.
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Re: Northbound, need some tips!
Also check stripers247.com there are a lot of great guys on there.
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Re: Northbound, need some tips!
learn the cape cod canal, surf fish the beaches, don't expect to get a tuna or albie without a boat, rarely ever happens, don't overlook tautog at the rocks/jetties, good luck
it's freezing up here bring your long johns lol
it's freezing up here bring your long johns lol
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Re: Northbound, need some tips!
oh i forgot, check this site out, lots of boatless guys fish the cape cod canal
http://www.newenglandfishing.net/index. ... owforum=20
http://www.newenglandfishing.net/index. ... owforum=20
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Ty bud! Ive been doing fairly well on schoolies... Want to catch a big boy or two, then trout in the winter.
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Re: Northbound, need some tips!
don't overlook the large and smallmouth bass on the cape, lots of 5's , 6's and 7's caught every year during the cold months, they eat all the stocked trout lol
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Re: Northbound, need some tips!
I fished Cape Cod all my life and lived in S.Dennis the four years before moving here to Florida. The season up there is fast coming to and end. Friends are still getting fish in the Cape Cod Canal on nighttime tides. Nauset Beach is on again, off again. Keep your eye on Bass River next Spring as there are holdover Stripers there and they get active early. Also, they are taken through the ice in the headwater (Follins Pond) in Dennis.
Couple places you can check locally for reports - Riverview B&T on Rte 28 in W. Yarmouth; a couple blocks west of the dennis bridge over Bass River. Also, for outer cape; The Hook-Up in Orleans. Keep your eye out for meetings of Cape Cod Salties. They are one of the oldest SW clubs in Mass and welcome guests and/or new members. Meetings monthly.
Couple places you can check locally for reports - Riverview B&T on Rte 28 in W. Yarmouth; a couple blocks west of the dennis bridge over Bass River. Also, for outer cape; The Hook-Up in Orleans. Keep your eye out for meetings of Cape Cod Salties. They are one of the oldest SW clubs in Mass and welcome guests and/or new members. Meetings monthly.
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