This is the place to make
contact with Cape Cod Fishing Organizations; individual homepages; private:
fly tyers, lure makers and rod builders; publications; and anyone else I
discover that might help make your time on the Cape more enjoyable and your
fishing more fruitful. The button for "Cape Business", will lead
you to tackle shops and others not listed here that are a resource to the
sportsman. Try the Cape Cod
Charter Association for booking
information and Cape Cod Fishing
Stores for tackle. If you have
a commercial page for your fishing business, please drop me a note and I'll
add it here.
See more Federal, state, national and private
organizational sources of information about Cape Cod at ..."Cape Cod Web Sources"Click Here for Charter Information
Getting started at fishing the Cape
Cape Cod is a remarkably diverse community of
saltwater and freshwater fishing resources and all the supporting retail
fishing stores and charter type businesses one would expect from such a
community. With thousands of miles of beach, inlet, river, bay, cove and
flats, Cape Codders have a lifetime of saltwater fishing to explore before
launching a boat and without even considering the hundreds of freshwater
ponds on the Cape. Outdoor stores, tackle dealers, guides, charter boats
and other local professionals seek to help the visitor or newcomer to take
advantage of these resources and learn locally successful techniques and
tactics for catching striped bass, bluefish and other fish.
Sportsmen can never have too much information
or to much guidance in pursuing their interests. This page of resources
to the local experts is meant to help the visitor and resident alike get
connected and succeed at fishing the Cape and learning more about the area
as they go.
And because there is more to fishing than friends,
lures and catching........well.....actually, that's the best of it but these
sources of equipment, information (and even bait) can make it all even better.
For visitors and recent residents fishing the
Cape.
A note from the webmaster. Cape Cod may seem daunting to the newcomer or brief visitor
but it needn't be so. Fishing on the Cape is really no different than anywhere
else. Or at least, very similar. Fishing can be as simple as tossing a baited
hook (1/0 hook, piece of a clam you found at the waters edge) out into the
surf at the mouth of a river or stream flowing into saltwater. Do this at
night almost anywhere for a near 100% chance of catching a striper. Or it
can be as difficult as trying to find the fish in a strange bay, in the
wind, with a fly rod. But to get the most in the least time on the Cape,
you couldn't do better than to talk to the locals in stores, on the beach
fishing or chartering outing. IF you are coming to the Cape to fish, don't
mess around. Spend half of your first day talking to professional fishermen
everywhere you can find them. Then get out on the water at dawn the following
days to try out what you've heard. If you really want to max your trip.
Hire a guide. Sorry but even when I go somewhere new, I charter for the
first couple of days, at least. There is no faster teacher than experience
and the local guides have it. Good luck and enjoy your stay. mge
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