Capt. Terry Nugent reports that the first waves of big stripers are now in Buzzards Bay. He has taken numerous fish up to 36” on flies, soft-plastics and topwater plugs. The fish are feeding on everything from silversides to...

Capt. Terry Nugent of Riptide Charters is getting set to speak at the Buzzards Bay Anglers Club’s monthly meeting on May 10, 2012, at the Mattapoisett Chowder House in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. This time around, Nugent will reveal his strategies...

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...

The recent bout of warm, sunny weather on Cape Cod, combined with rumors of fresh striped bass and bluefish in waters to the south, was more than enough to prompt a pre-season shakedown of the Riptide. As it turned...

 After enjoying the best season ever for Riptide Charters, things have barely slowed down. I’ve been spending the fall and winter getting all my gear ready for what is shaping up to be a super 2012. I’ll get right...

Share this Article On The end of September and early October have seen some of the best fishing in recent memory. At this time of year, we normally plan to focus on topwater tuna. However, given a warmer-than-normal summer,...

Share this Article On As of late, the tuna fishing off Cape Cod has been fair at best for the run-and-gun crowd. The tuna are around, but they seem more focused on the offerings of the troll and bait...

Bluefins and albies in the same day! The charter for the day was my longtime customer and great friend Dave Nilson. Dave wanted to show his co-worker John, who is from the West Coast, how we fish here on...

Good things happen when you least expect them! The other morning I was heading home around 7:30 when I got a call from my good friend Ken Panacek of Ken Catch Charters on Nantucket. We chat quite a bit...