Nashua Nev Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Could anyone PM me a body of water or 2 that i could try. Not sure exactally where we are staying. Possibly Truro, possibly P-town. Going to to Cape Cod for a week with my wife mid Sept. How is the fresh water bass fishing out on the Cape area or is there any ? I am not looking for any insider info. just some basics. I will have my 33 lb canoe i can carry on my shoulder while we are there. Quote
Mike2841 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Forget fresh water, chase some striper and blues!! Quote
Nashua Nev Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 ok, ideas of beaches to fish at. and what to fish with. i do have a surf casting rod but have never used it. 100 lb test Quote
desmobob Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Forget fresh water, chase some striper and blues!! +1!!! ok, ideas of beaches to fish at. and what to fish with. i do have a surf casting rod but have never used it. 100 lb test Leave the heavy artillery at home. A long medium or medium heavy spinning rod with 14-20 lb. line will do the job. Grab some plain jig heads and big curly-tail grubs from you bass gear and you'll have a good start. Pick up some American Fishing Wire at a local tackle shop in case you run into some bluefish. While you're there, ask the guys at the shop for some ideas on where to fish. Tight lines, Bob Quote
Mike2841 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 What kind of rod and reel do you have. I use a 9 footer and a 10 footer, rated 1/2-3 and 2-4 respectively. I usually throw sp minnows and bucktails. I'm no pro surf fisherman, but in general look for birds. Where there's birds there's bait, and where there's bait there's fish. I'm not familiar with cape beaches, I haven't been down there in years, but by September the bite might be hot again. Quote
Super User DogBone_384 Posted July 15, 2015 Super User Posted July 15, 2015 Forget fresh water, chase some striper and blues!! X2 Quote
Nashua Nev Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 thank you, i will try to do some research as to where i can fish from shore / beach. I do not know the Cape Cod area. Quote
JG233 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 There's usually some folks fishing off the jetty in Provincetown. I've heard you can clean up there. Quote
grampa1114 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Or you can fish for Large and Small mouths at Mashpee or Long Pond in Harwich or Great Herring in Plymouth or one of 20-30 pothole lakes all over the Cape. Braggin' size fish show up in the fall.... Grampa Quote
Nashua Nev Posted September 22, 2015 Author Posted September 22, 2015 Thanks guys for the info. i fished the bay side in north truro off shore road (we stayed at crows nest and the lady there said people catch a lot of fish in this area,) for a day (7 hours) and got nothing walked the beach for about a mile back and forth and just kept casting and trying. I did not find any. i used 2 rods , a 10 ft surfcaster with 65lb line and frozen big clams as bait and just let them sit near the bottom (tied hooks 1 foot up from the weights), then i used my 8 ft med,heavy with 30 lb power pro braid and a wire leader and thru jigs, top poppers , and cranks. (seaweed sucks) While i was getting more frozen bait i talked to some guys who told me always fish the bay side so i stayed and Basically did the same thing the next day but i walked further down towards p-town in my waders and just kept going till i could not go any more, struck out there too. 3rd day i fished forest beach area in chatham, suggested by some fishemen i saw while picking up frozen clams at a market. I managed 1 scup but that was it. i got plenty of sun , my wife enjoyed the beach and i got to fish. unfortunately no fish but i enjoyed it anyway Quote
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