Fishing Cape Cod Bay
By: Capt. Hap Farrell
The Cape has been going thorough a phase in the weather that has not been seen since 1903. By this I mean, clouds, drizzle, rain, and just plane crappie weather. However, the fishing in Cape Cod bay has been outstanding. The most active area has been around the #1 can on the southwest end of Billingsgate Shoals and up around P-town.
Most of the charter fleet has been fishing around the #1 can and along the north edge of the shoals. The fleet started out using the umbrella rig but since squid have shown up in the area the hootchie has been working the best. Most are just using mono line where a few will set up 200 foot wire set ups to hook up on these fish. One type of line that has been overlooked for the most part is lead core line. I use it exclusively and it works very well. Normally I'll put out 5 to 6 colors depending on how far down I read the fish on my fish finder. The speed is around 4 knots depending on the habits of the fish.
As time goes on and we finally get some sun and warmth I feel much of these fish will spread out along the north edge of the shoals and move up towards the Path. Also, they will move onto the shoals itself. Then we can jig them. That is one of my favorite ways to fish and places to fish. All we need is the sun...
