November 02, 2026 - 10:40:34
This week’s report from AJ at Red Top Sporting Goods in Buzzards Bay remained unchanged from the week before. He is still selling night crawlers, PowerBait, and small jerkbaits to people targeting trout in waters on and just off the Cape with Long Pond in Plymouth, Fearing Pond in Plymouth, Marys Pond in Rochester, and Peters Pond in Sandwich being the most popular venues.
November 02, 2026 - 10:40:30
The overall action has been good according to AJ at Red Top Sporting Goods who said the canal has been giving up some bass, mostly schoolies and an occasional slot along with numerous small bonito in the 12-inch class that are primarily below the legal minimum size. There was also a sporadic squid bite in numerous places. The shore fishing in rivers and creeks such as Scorton and Sandy Neck also gave up fish for people plugging and fishing bait on the bottom. Freshwater fishing always picks up at this time of year as many anglers transition from fresh to salt because of weather of the action of trout, bass and panfish. There are still bass moving down from Plymouth and the season is far from over.
October 26, 2026 - 10:16:47
AJ at Red Top Sporting Goods in Buzzards Bay reported increased interest in trout fishing. He has been selling lots of night crawlers to people trying for trout with Long Pond in Plymouth, Marys Pond in Rochester, and Peters Pond in Sandwich being the three most popular destinations. He also mentioned weighing in a 6.25-pound white catfish caught October 15 at Mashpee Pond.
October 26, 2026 - 10:16:44
We spoke with Howie at Red Top Sporting Goods who said the action in the canal was almost as good as last week with better numbers of smaller bass along the mainland shore and bonito from smaller specimens to fish in the six pound class. Heavier epoxy jigs were needed to get out to them most of the time but some of them moved in close enough to be fooled by Mag Swim baits and other small swimmers. There were small blues caught off Scusset Beach where schoolies were also feeding in the surf. Tog were hitting all over from the Maritime in the west end to Cleveland’s and around Wings Neck.
