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Buzzard's BayHow-To: Walk the Dog Stripers with Capt. Jamie Simmons

How-To: Walk the Dog Stripers with Capt. Jamie Simmons

The Salty Cape Crew head out in early June with Capt. Jamie Simmons of Buzzard's Bay Outfitters to chase topwater stripers in the upper Buzzard's Bay region with the Hogy XL Charter Grade Dog Walke...

Cape CodHow-To: Fishing Estuaries for Striped Bass from Shore #160

How-To: Fishing Estuaries for Striped Bass from Shore #160

Estuaries are great for a lot of reasons.  Approach: First step is to identify the direction of the tide. You want to fish on the side the tide is moving toward. Although this is a light tackle fi...

Cape CodHow-To: Jetty Casting for Stripers #159

How-To: Jetty Casting for Stripers #159

Jetties are serious producers. Although they can be fished around the clock, they often produce best at night. The best jetties offer some sort of rip line and give you access to get behind some sa...

Cape CodHow-To: Shore Fishing on an Open Beach #158

How-To: Shore Fishing on an Open Beach #158

Open Beach: There is often more than meets the eye at an open beach. Structure-wise, you have gradual drop-offs, fast drop-offs, sand bars, deep troughs, rocks and boulders.  Approach: Work the sy...

Cape CodHow-To: Rip Fishing for Striped Bass From Shore #157

How-To: Rip Fishing for Striped Bass From Shore #157

SHORELINE RIP Shoreline rips that occur around structure such as points are often great spots to find big fish on light tackle close to the beach. The best shoreline rips have some sort of mix or c...

Cape CodHow-To: Reading Shore Conditions for Striped Bass #156

How-To: Reading Shore Conditions for Striped Bass #156

Anglers are much more tightly lipped about their shore fishing than boat fishing and consequently, getting good shore fishing reports is difficult. I don’t even bother asking around when shore fish...