How to Make the Most of Fishing While on Your Vacation
Lucky you, you're in this beautiful part of the world for a few precious days or weeks of vacation. And you've got an itch to go fishing. Maybe you want to get the whole family involved (great...
View ArticleMusic, Film, and Street Festivals Highlight Weekend Activities
The weather forecast may not corroborate this - but this weekend should be great, if you're heading out to enjoy music, film, or theater. There is a lot going on. There’s a new music festival launching...
View ArticleCatching Tuna on Light Tackle: South of the Vineyard the Bite is On
Fishing for tuna doesn't always mean a trip to Stellwagen Bank and lashing yourself to the fighting chair to do battle with a 600-lb fish. South of Martha's Vineyard the action is very good this season...
View ArticleA Monster Fish Just Took Your Bait and All Your Line. Whoa! What Was It? Here...
Everyone who’s ever gone fishing knows the anguish of losing a fish - and there are many ways to lose a fish. But perhaps the most mysterious way is getting spooled.
View ArticleScrawl on the Wall at the Provincetown Library, and other Best Bets for the...
Who says summer's end is within sight? Plenty of great outdoor events continue across the Cape and Islands this weekend. The Cape Cod Five Pops in the Park celebrates its 25th anniversary concert this...
View Article3 Bonito Hotspots Lure Anglers South of the Cape
"Have you heard about bonito? Are they here yet?"That's the refrain passing between fishermen as August enters its final weeks. Bonito are a passion for many anglers, and they only arrive at this time...
View ArticleFireworks Over Barnstable & more: Best Bets for the Weekend
Labor Day was first made a holiday by the state of Oregon in 1887. By 1894, thirty states had recognized Labor Day, and it became a national holiday. That's a little bit of history.
View ArticleAssessment of the Striped Bass Population Likely to Result in Tightened...
If you fish, then you have surely noticed: there just aren't as many striped bass around as there were eight or ten years ago. And the most recent stock assessment by the Atlantic States Marine...
View ArticleEastham Celebrates Windmill Weekend, & more: Best Bets for Going Out
Our late-season surge of summery weather sets the stage for another event-filled weekend. Eastham launches its 37th annual Windmill Weekend, featuring a vehicle show, a pancake breakfast, a tricycle...
View ArticleAnglers Rejoice: Albies Here, There, and (Seems Like) Darn Near Everywhere
When false albacore feed, they "erupt" from the water in a violent tumult, members of the school leaping full-body from the water. The sight incites within the fisherman a corresponding frenzy, a...
View ArticleA Few Words in Praise of Snapper Blues
They are not rod-bending behemoths, they are not chrome-plated speedsters. That is, they are not glamour fish like stripers and albies. Snapper blues? They're... well, they're just fun to catch. And...
View ArticleVintage Planes Touch Down in Hyannis, & more: Best Bets for Going Out
There are plenty of great events to get involved with this weekend. If you're in the mood for a parade, Sandwich has a big, BIG one planned to mark the grand finale of its town-wide 375th...
View ArticleWhy Fishermen Love (and Hate) Fishing with Eels
A live eel can be the very best thing to put on the end of your line, if you're searching for a big late-season striped bass. But it can also make your life miserable.
View ArticleBig Bass, Tautog, (Even Trout!).... Fall Fishing Offers Much to Anticipate
Large striped bass pushing through our waters, big-as-a-horse bluefish (well, almost...), those bottom-dwelling brutes called tautog... summer may be over, but the fall offers plenty of great fishing...
View ArticleJazzFest Falmouth is Bigger Than Ever, & more: Best Bets for the Weekend
Hey you gorgeous weekend, let's go out and have fun.
View ArticleCelebrating Vonnegut, & more: Best Bets for the Weekend
You want to step out this weekend? You're in luck. There's plenty to do.Famed author Kurt Vonnegut lived for decades in Barnstable, and this weekend brings three days of festivities in town to...
View ArticleWellfleet Celebrates All Things Oyster, & more: Best Bets for the Weekend
Feeling the stirrings of hunger? Head to the Outer Cape to join the multitudes who love to eat and talk about that delicious - slurp! - bivalve whose name is just about synonymous with Wellfleet - it's...
View ArticleGetting Spooky! Halloween Events to Put a Thrill in Your Weekend
This is the last weekend before Halloween - so don't let it slip away without a giving yourself a little Halloween thrill.The Drama Club at Barnstable High School welcomes you to a "Haunted...
View ArticleMaria Muldaur Celebrates a Long Career, & more: Best Bets for the Weekend
Yes, it is Halloween - and there's plenty of Halloween fun to be had. The Cotuit Center for the Arts hosts its 14th annual masquerade ball. This year's theme? Outer Space Spooktacular. Come, all space...
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