Whether you’re casting, jigging, trolling or sticking, there’s nothing quite as exciting as tying into a bluefin tuna off the coast of Cape Cod & the Islands. As we look forward to the fall run, here are a few of our favorite highlights from summer 2017.
Salty Cape Staff
Dogs love albies and so do we. This is just a small taste of a fun fall weekend filming and fishing with friends around Edgartown for the 2017 Martha’s Vineyard Derby. Filmed September 30, 2017.
Early September albie fishing in Vineyard Sound has been nothing short of fantastic so far this year, so here’s a quick video with some of the action off of Nobska Point in Falmouth. Filmed September 10, 2017
Capt. Mike Hogan and John Burns head to the Regal Sword in early August in search of a summertime cod bite after taking a quick look for bluefin tuna.
In late July, the Salty Cape crew joined Jamie Simmons of Buzzards Bay Outfitters to tackle white marlin and bluefin tuna on Hogy Bird Bars and Epoxy Jigs.
Gyotaku fish prints are becoming one of the most popular ways to memorialize a big catch or add some fine fish art to your home. In our latest video, Capt. Mike and Joe Higgins of Joe’s Fresh Fish Prints demonstrate the entire process from catching the fish to the finished product during a beautiful day on Nantucket Sound.
Capt. Mike Hogan and the Salty Cape crew headed south of the Vineyard during the first week of July in search of offshore life, finding yellowfin on top for their first tuna of 2017.
Follow Jamie Simmons and Steve Hansel of Buzzards Bay Outfitters as they fish their home waters in one of the most beautiful fisheries southeastern Massachusetts has to offer.
There are few better baits for big striped bass than freshly caught squid. That’s why the Salty Cape team went down to one of our favorite secret striper spots last week and captured a hungry school demolishing loligos on the surface.
Capt. Mike shares a few tips for when you’re marking large plumes of sand eels and striped bass, but can’t get them to notice your jigs.