Video: Nantucket Sound Squid Fishing

Video: Spring Topwater Stripers on Middle Ground   We filmed this a couple of years ago during the squid run…

I will start by telling you I am no expert, no one taught me how to jig for squid so…

Capt. Mike Hogan and Sean Ruge of Riptide Charters headed off Provincetown, MA in mid-June to vertical jig and topwater cast for large striped bass to 40″ in length.

With waters finally reaching 50 degrees in Nantucket Sound this week, Capt. Larry Backman decided to take F/V Skipjack out on Wednesday afternoon for his first squid trip of the 2016 season, finding a few nice pockets of squid in the process.

MV local Joe Rogers describes his most effective techniques for catching hungry striped bass at the south side inlets of Martha’s Vineyard.

The “Jiggin’ Troll” is one of the most effective techniques for catching stripers in the rips of Nantucket Sound. Learn how to perfect this approach from Capt. Mike Hogan.

Jeff Fortin and Kevin Gould of Falmouth were fishing in Buzzards Bay on the morning of Tuesday May 16th when they hooked into a monster 64-pound striped bass.

Capt. Mike Hogan and Capt. Shaun Ruge explain how to vertical the shoals of Nantucket Sound for bass & blues that won’t come up to the surface.

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.

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.

After fishing all night off the Elizabeth Islands, Steve Hansel of Buzzards Bay Outfitters weighed in a 51.05 pound striped bass into the 2017 Martha’s Vineyard Bass & Bluefish Derby to take the #1 spot in the striper boat category.

With bait, birds and bass filling the west end of the Canal and Buzzards Bay, Capt. Mike and Capt. Dave Peros decided this morning was the perfect time to kick off the Salty Cape video reports for 2017. Enjoy!

Here’s an instructional video filmed in Mid May in Cape Cod Bay where Capt. Cullen Lundholm and Capt. Mike Hogan share some tips on vertical jigging for suspended stripers in deeper water.

It’s been just over a year to the day since Jeff Fortin caught a 65-pound striped bass in Buzzards Bay, so on Monday morning we decided to join him at the west end of the Cape Cod Canal to see what was going on.