Sort by: Most Relevant Publish Date

GLOUCESTER  

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

pending

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.

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.

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.

After spending a season fishing from a commercial striped bass boat out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, here are some of the keeper tricks the writer learned.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Accessible by several put-ins and trailer ramps, the productive fall striper waters of Rockport's Straitsmouth Island, Avery Ledge, Loblolly and Whale Coves all lie within a half mile of each other - good fishing during September and October.

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

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

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.

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.

Cape Cod offers many choices for a family vacation

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.

Some of the best striped bass fishing in the Northeast coastal areas can be done using this dynamite trolling technique. The method involves using a plastic "worm" that is approximately 16 inches to 18 inches long.

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

pending

An anadromous, fastwater-loving fish, striped bass are drawn to the tidal Merrimack River's Joppa Flats by the flats' forage, tidal currents and mixture of structure and deep water.

With waters as vast as those off Cape Cod and many more islands to fish around and land on, the waters of Salem Sound from Marblehead to Manchester, Massachusetts are productive on stripers, bluefish and flounder.

pending

Safety is paramount, and of the many ways to enjoy a safe and successful offshore trip, none is more important than using a trip monitor.

Fourth of July on Cape Ann is a unique New England experience. Enjoy these family-friendly events, parades and fireworks displays in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Rockport, Massachusetts and in nearby town on Cape Ann.

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

Plum Island Sound's flats' intricate matrix of channels, embankments and guzzles hold large schools of striped bass during the fall migration. Fish here with a kayak and you can stalk the flats on foot. Here's where and how.

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.

A tiny and obscure sand island located in the southwest corner of Nantucket Sound off Nantucket, Muskeget is surrounded by vast sandbars, fast tidal currents and difficult-to-navigate waters. Two sea kayakers make the trip during the fall.

Raystown Lake is a hot spot for summertime fun in the sun. Raystown Lake is a must see vacation spot for nature lovers. You'll be surrounded by trees, fresh air, animals and most of all... water.

Sixteen years after the Perfect Storm, the Lady Grace, the swordfishing boat that stood in for the Andrea Gail in the film, lies dockside on the Gloucester, Massachusetts waterfront.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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