The Goose Hummock shop in Orleans, Mass., is reporting consistent, reliable catches of striped bass coming in from River Road Landing in Orleans, Pleasant Bay in Harwich, Herring River in Harwich and Stage Harbor in Chatham. Most of the...

The Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission has approved new recreational scup, fluke and sea bass regulations for 2012. Under the new regulations, sea bass have a 14-inch size limit, along with a 10-fish bag limit from May 11 to...

ANTICIPATION: “Anticipation, or being enthusiastic, is an emotion involving pleasure, excitement, and sometimes anxiety in considering some expected or longed-for good event.” This word pretty much sums up how most of us are feeling. While some folks have struck...

Prior to July 2011, if someone had told me that you could catch fluke to 6 pounds and black sea bass to 22” in the middle of Narragansett Bay, in 30’ of water, at the height of summer, I...

There were good reports from the salt this past weekend. Schooling stripers have been caught on many of the south facing beaches from Surf Drive all the way to Cotuit. As of Sunday the best catches were reported in...

Stripers: Goose Hummock Shop of Orleans is reporting occasionally decent catchesof schoolie stripers are coming in from River Road Landing in Orleans, Pleasant Bay in Harwich, Herring River in Harwich and Stage Harbor in Chatham. Most of the fish...

In the accompanying video, Jeff Miller of Canal Bait & Tackle in Sagamore, Massachusetts, demonstrates how to connect wire line to Dacron backing using an Albright knot. Jeff likes the Albright knot because it’s strong, easy to tie and...

Jeff Miller of Canal Bait & Tackle in Sagamore, Massachusetts, reports that a lot of bait has entered the Cape Cod Canal in recent days. The river herring are just starting to show up at the Canal run, although...

Recreational fishermen planning to target cod in the Gulf of Maine (north of Cape Cod) this season breathed a collective sigh of relief after new regulations for the coming season were posted on April 2.  The new minimum size...

The 5th Annual Island Cup, southern New England’s only team surf fishing contest, will be held on Martha’s Vineyard June 22 to June 24, 2012. The Cup pits the Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters Association against the Nantucket Anglers Club. The annual catch-and-release...