How-To — Cape Cod Bay

How-To: Casting to Topwater Stripers off of Provincetown

Posted by Jamie Costa on

On a late June morning, Capt. Mike Hogan and the Salty Cape Crew head out of Sandwich Marina with Capt. Dave Peros to chase the bite off of Provincetown.  "It's Friday morning and it's time to get your poppers out," said Capt. Mike as boats in the background began casting at milling schools of topwater bass.  With the bass feeding on pogies, the topwater bite turned into a feeding frenzy as fish darted and splashed on the surface, looking for their next meal.  The 5.5" Hogy Charter Grade Popper in Albie Crack is designed as a topwater plug with a...

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How-To: Finding Striped Bass on Cape Cod #130

Posted by Capt. Michael Hogan on

There are really three components to consider when breaking down any striper fishing situation: timing, signs and the elements.   Timing: Like all good things in life, timing is everything but when fishing for stripers, thinking about “timing” can often tell you where they might be next. Often a “should have been here yesterday” situation can be pivoted to a “fish on” situation by extrapolating the conditions by understanding patterns from before, during and after the hot bite. Here’s how I look at timing. Seasonality: Seasonality will help you state the obvious. For starters early season’s low water temps come with the...

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Striper Baits: Best Sand Eel Imitations #117

Posted by Capt. Michael Hogan on

No matter what they might be called in different areas, I think there are sand eels in every body of water. Sand eels can range from 2 to 9inches and nothing drives bass and albies crazier than big balls of sand eels. They can show up at all levels of the water column so be ready with lures of different weights to reach where the bait, and most likely the predator fish, are holding . Sand eels have olive backs and silver sides, so that is where you should start when selecting lures to use when you locate fish chowing...

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