Cape Cod Fishing Reports

Cape Cod Fishing Report: 6/5/2024

Vineyard + Nantucket Sound – Capt. Mike

There are still plenty of bass on many of the shoals in Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, but there can still be a degree of variability in the size and numbers of fish from day-to-day. A versatile angler is prepared with the proper equipment and understanding of different approaches to deal with a number of factors, including the depth the fish are feeding at; what they are feeding on; and the nature of how they are feeding, i.e., sipping or aggressively taking plugs on the surface.

Given the success that folks who are adept at jigging wire have enjoyed with larger bass, I rung up the good skipper of the Hogy ship and, as usual, Capt. Mike delivered today with his report: Wednesday: “What does the owner of a Fishing blog and tackle company do on his morning off with an old friend? YEP- YOU GOT IT!! We snuck out this AM in the sounds before the noon time blow that was forcasted. We had it pretty good. Rather than push East like we did yesterday, I pushed West looking for schools of bass that should be in all the usual haunts this time of year on Vineyard sound. We found some gulls and bass feeding on the surface and in attempts to target larger stripers, we started with vertical jigging with 6.5oz Sand Eeel jigs around a school of surface feeding striped and pulled up some nice “overs” with fish of all sizes mixed in. This was in deeper water. We also managed to catch a few fluke (shorts) that got me fired up for the season! It’s that time!! We also got some great topwater action too!

Once the tide teetered out, we pushed East, closer to Falmouth and found the squid fed stripers that have been haunting all the rips in both sounds. The bass were finicky “nipping” at the pugs but not smashing them. The tide was almost slack, so I sort of expected that. We put on the new olive/translucent white version of the  of the 5.5” Hogy Charter Grade Dogwalker just for the sake of it. We immediately got smashed! and repeated the exercise multiple times before we got hungry for lunch. I did not expect that this would be the top color/lure for us on the rip, not what I would think of as a natural squid color… Must have something to do with the translucency. I guess the saying takes sense here” Sometimes you don’t need to know ‘why’ to know ‘what.'”

Cape Cod Fishing Report: 6/4/2024

Nantucket Sound

REALLY nice day filming in Nantucket Sound. Took a few friends out on shoot to show the “behind scenes” of a Salty TV One angler was brand new to fishing. In my line of work I don’t fish with enough newbies. I was reminded how invigorating it is to see such an awesome sport through a beginner’s eyes.

Typically I like to start the day with the topwater action then hit sea bass on the way home. But since we were departing right into a slack tide, we decided to reverse the order, with the idea being that she bass are more forgiving on a slack tide. We searched out good structure by Bishops and Clerks and stopped on some good bottom. I was thrilled, as I got to test out the (New Product) Groundfish Biki Jig and get a sweet Salty TV installment with monster bass at slack tide. We were thumping the jig on the bottom and quickly got our limit while we waited for current to pick up.

Once the tide picked up further south toward the Wasque area, we made the run. I later heard there were plenty of fish in all the rips so I guess the run was unnecessary! Our approach was to stem the tide and  fish the swing with the trusty Hogy Charter Grade Popper in Amber and TW white both re-rigged with Hogy flag on aft end. All with magical weather. Banner day.  Video Coming Soon!!

Cape Cod Fishing Report: June 3, 2024

People often ask if having the worm on the hook makes a difference and I don’t know anyone who would say it doesn’t. Overall, this technique is as relaxing as it comes, especially when Capt. Mike has done a lot of the work de-mystifying what makes one tube fish better than another with his Hogy Perfect Tube.