Goose Hummock Shop

Ian at the Goose Hummock Shop knows how frustrating it can be to chase albies from a paddle canoe and how great fishing for them can be when you are silently in the middle of a blitz. There are some good sized bass in Cape Cod Bay and some of them are schooled up under pogies. The best action for albies, bones and small blues has been along the sound side from Osterville to the Falmouth harbors and jetties. There were also rumors of a few small weakfish from those same areas. The freshwater fishing has been very good as he caught a bunch of bass in the one to two pound class then caught a four pounder, all on a topwater lure. Captain Phil is in Florida so the yellowfin and Mahi are safe for at least another week.

According to Ian, at the Goose Hummock Shop the major predator in some of his favorite areas are not the stripers but the ones that are eating the stripers. He has been sharked on two recent occasions when he has had a striper on the line, felt a heavy bump and pull then the bass without a tail begins to come in until what he believes are juvenile great whites come back and finish the rest of their meal. The drive from Falmouth to Harwich did not provide any albies but bonito and small blues were working along those areas. Albie Snax and epoxy jigs were what were best on that topwater bite. Captain Phil’s son Jake has also been into the offshore yellowfin bite and there have been more bluefin taken at the Sword. The shoreline of Cape Cod Bay from Barnstable to the Race and along the backside beaches have been producing stripers. The water has been dirty but the boats have founds openings where the bite has been pretty good. The freshwater bite has been excellent for bass and chains after sunset but Ian suggests using the best bug spray available because when you turn on your headlamp to land a fish the bugs are swarming.