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Known as spring tides not for the season but for their extremity, the lowest tides of the month, on the full moon, can be an enchanting time to fish for striped bass on the saltwater flats of Massachusetts. Here's one angler's South Shore kayak fishing story.

Brewster's saltwater flats, off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a striped bass hotpot during the spring and fall runs, are mostly inaccessible to powerboats during low water. Here's how to fish the flats from a kayak, tin skiff, or other small boat.

Wood End and Race Point at Cape Cod Ma.'s Provincetown, are reliable keeper striper hotspots so long as the water is warm, full of bait, and if the winds are down. But what about the day when the angler gets skunked?

The northern and western shores of Cape Ann, from Annisquam to Rockport, hold large schools of stripers along rocky shorelines, within numerous inlets and coves and in the mouths of tidal rivers that empty onto large shoals.

Using a kayak or a jonboat, the adventuresome angler can sightfish striped bass and bluefish in Duxbury Bay's intricate matrix of low-tide flats, sandbars, saltwater creeks and embayments.

Billingsgate Shoals' striped bass feed on the area's thick biomass of sandeels. Fish the area's shallows and structures with spincast gear and trolling rigs or the wire jigs known locally as hoochies.

Adjacent to deep water and beaches, surrounded by ledges Cape Ann's Salt and Thachers Islands are productive on striped bass, pollock and inshore cod.

An overview of activities available to outdoor adventure enthuiasts traveling to the Outer Banks including hang gliding, water sports, and fishing.

Between Sandwich and Barnstable, Cape Cod lies Sandy Neck, a barrier beach whose waters and shoals are rough, ridden with tidal currents, and frequently filled with bluefish. Paddling the area can make you a better kayaker and fill your fridge with fish.

One of the simplest ways to fish the tidal rip off South Monomoy Island is by drifting in the current while trolling a treble-hooked plug or swimmer. If you're not up to to paddling the entire distance, hire one of the many charter services to drop you off in the area.

A kayaker who launches into the waters off Chatham from Morris Island or Hardings Beach gains good access to the bonito grounds in northeastern Nantucket Sound off Monomoy Island.

Buy an inexpensive kayak to easily reach saltwater species that too often frustrate from shore.

Plymouth Bay's most prominent feature is Browns Bank, a centuries-old shoal that lies beneath the waters of Plymouth Beach and which, at low tide rises to cover nearly a dozen dry acres. It can be a fine place to kayak surf, picnic and fish.

Cape Cod offers many choices for a family vacation

Planning is the key to vacationing with your family on Cape Cod. Resources are plentiful, just as fantastic places to go and wild things to see are plentiful. There's always something to do on Cape Cod.

If it's late summer, then it is time to go Blue Fin Tuna fishing off the coast of Chatham Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The commercial Tuna season gets into gear from the middle of August into late September and early October.

Rigging with soft plastics is a handy, economical way to fish for striped bass, especially from a kayak. They're easy to store and easy to make. Moreover they work on a variety of species including not only striped bass but bluefish, pollock and cod.

Sport fishing is one of the favorite activities of visitors and residents of the Georgia. Whether out on the bay or off the banks of the River, fishermen find Georgia County a paradise. There aren't a lot of stores like Fishery Sport Shop around

Black sea bass require the simplest of techniques and gear: chopped sea clams, a bank sinker and a small hook or two.

A brief guide to available fishing in Anna Maria Island.

It is just after dawn on the waters off of Chatham's Monomoy Island on the elbow of Cape Cod Massachusetts. Your fishing guide is standing 6 feet above the water's surface on the polling platform of a Florida flats style shallow draft fishing boat.

Located a scant half-mile off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts's Pebble Beach, Milk Island is a productive, lightly-pressured area to fish for striped bass during the fall run.

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After spring's striper blitzes along Cape Ann and the North Shore of Massachusetts begin to calm down, you'll have to work a little harder if you're looking for fish off spots like Manchester, Boston, and Cape Ann.

Have you ever noticed that some people catch more than others do? It is no secret on how to spot and catch fish; all you have to do is be responsive with the water, use the right equipment and bait presentation.

With a few simple hand tools, a few lengths of surgical tubing and fifteen minutes time, you can build for about $2.00 striper tubes that ordinarily retail for $10.00 or more.

The striper technique known as chum-and-chunk is dirt simple: buy a bucket of herring, chop several herring into bits, toss the bits overboard followed by a herring chunk on a bare hook.

Alaska is the ideal place for fishing trips. It is famous for it's salmon fishing due to the extreme tides along the West Coast and ocean currents that provide the perfect environment for salmon breeding.

An overview of flats fishing opportunities available in the Laguna Madre Bay located at the Southern tip of Texas near the Mexico border

Lake Kissimmee is Florida's third largest lake, and one of the top bass lakes in the world. Here is a guide to get you started.

Read about how to use the 4" shad lure and a lead jighead to fish for striped bass from a kayak during the fall and spring run. Details include where to fish in the Boston area.

So that you to may enjoy the thrill of the fight and taste the reward at the end, I'm going to tell you how to catch redfish in, and around Mobile Bay. It's important first, to know what kind of tackle or fishing equipment to have.

An overview of areas where the fishing enthusiasts can access the Connecticut shoreline.

Fishing for Sandsharks, Used in Fish-and-chips, Gloucester's Commercial Fishermen Are Restricted to Quotas

A review of the fly-fishing opportuntiies available in North Carolina's famed Outer Banks.

"If you are a family canoeist or casual floater or you just like to paddle downriver with your dog and your binoculars and your fishing pole, Middle Tennessee is the perfect place," Says Skip.

This article will offer tips on kayaking safely.

This is a travelogue regarding a kayaking trip on the US/Canadian border in Northern Maine. The author describes how a kayak releives stress. There are interesting and picturesque details about wildlife.

There are some absolutely amazing hotels in Cape Cod. And I researched and reviewed the top three of these hotels for potential guests consideration.

The Cape Cod Mall and the Mashpee Commons are two shopping venues located on Cape Cod. But which is better for shopping?

Cape Cod regains much of its charm after high season has ended. Find fall special deals, less traffic but with the beaches, romantic restaurants and retreats to soothe the soul.

Planning on going to Cape Cod anytime soon? Read this article to get a few pointers on great hotels, restaurants, and attractions.

In the hands of a skilled practitioner, Rolfing is a non-invasive technique which provides a sense of relaxation while it promotes healing. What follows is a guide to Rolfing practitioners in Cape Cod and the islands, Massachusetts.

How about doing something really special and getting out of the city completely and spending New Years in a Cape Cod Massachusetts Resort.

The many quaint towns and villages up and down Cape Cod seem to vie with one another to produce the best free summer concerts. Each one is a treasure and definitely a summer secret worth hearing.

Kayak fishing is gaining momentum in the Gulf Coast fishing community. It is affordable with no gas, no trailer, and no annual licensing fee. Kayak fishing lets the angler get close to the fish up on the flats or further out into the bay.

Three ways to explore Cape Cod by sea, and some by land.

On the Fourth of July 2007, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will be bustling with Independence Day parades. This traditional Fourth of July celebration is always popular with local and vacationing Cap Cod families.

Fishing the waters of Boston Harbor during the striped bass fall run, one writer takes his first keeper and promptly spoils it.

Sandwich is the oldest town on Cape Cod and dates back to 1639. Its location next to the Cape Cod Canal and its ease of access to Route 3 North to Boston make it an ideal commuting town although it manages to still hold on to its historic roots.