| Striped Bass fishing in Cape Cod Bay can be fantastic. | | | | any hits. An angler can also bottom fish for stripers. |
| There are many good areas to fish right off the | | | | By that I mean he/she can use mackerel chunks and |
| beach, from jetties, from piers and of course from a | | | | cast a weighted line out off the beach, pier or boat |
| boat. The Cape is well known for striped bass and is | | | | and let it sit on the bottom. Some fisherman prefer a |
| definitely one of the best locations to fish to striped | | | | float to keep your bait off the bottom and away |
| bass. Race Point off of Provincetown is world | | | | from the crabs that will otherwise eat it. |
| famous for sport fishing. And there are many great | | | | Chumming also works very well with striped bass |
| charter boat captains on the Cape. We filmed a great | | | | fishing in Cape Cod Bay. Chumming is done by setting |
| striped bass and bluefish show called Fishguts, with | | | | out a chum slick of clams, pogie oil, mackerel chunks |
| Ed McDonough, Al Howard and Capt Rich Schelle | | | | etc.. This can be expensive but it works. Remember |
| onboard The Schelfish out of Plymouth. Many of the | | | | not to over chum. Entice to fish to that boat but do |
| shows were from Race Point as well as Plymouth. | | | | not over feed them. After the chum slick is started, |
| Another fantastic location to fish for stripers is | | | | throw a live eel or float a fresh piece of bait similar |
| Billingsgate Shoals off of Wellfleet. It seems on most | | | | to what your slick is and let it drift out with you |
| days when you go for striped bass you will catch fish | | | | chum. It shouldn't take that long before you're |
| as long as you pay attention to the feed. This year | | | | hooked up. |
| looks to be a great year. | | | | Some anglers swear by live eels and they do work |
| Stripers must be at least 28 inches to keep, and you | | | | well. There have been many books written on this |
| can only keep two stripers of that size or larger per | | | | quarry. I could go on and on about striped bass |
| angler. | | | | fishing but I can only give some of the pointers in |
| Another great spot for striped bass fishing in Cape | | | | this article. |
| Cod Bay is known as The Fingers. The Fingers can be | | | | My final tip is that the only way to catch a bass is to |
| a very lucrative spot in mid summer during the | | | | get out there and give it a try. You can catch striped |
| midnight tides. I prefer the black Fishguts Chum Tube | | | | bass from the beach, fishing piers, jetties and boats. |
| Eel trolled at a slow speed of 2kts using lead core | | | | And don't forget to get children involved in |
| line. We have caught several fish over 40lbs in the | | | | sporfishing. It gives them lasting memories and is an |
| area. | | | | excellent alternative to drug abuse. And remember |
| There are a number of ways to fish for Bass. You | | | | that if you are not going to eat the fish, practice |
| can cast bucktails, rubber eels, kastmasters or | | | | catch and release. |
| hopkins lures. The retrieve should be very slow. Of | | | | See ya on the water. |
| course the speed should be varied if you do not get | | | | |