Finally, a few warm days strung back to back, and just like magic, the fishing on Cape Cod is coming alive. Love is in the air, or more accurately, in the water, around the Cape, and a number of fish species are feeling amorous after this warm up. Yellow perch are spawning in a number of Cape ponds, as are white suckers. The suckers can be seen congregating at herring runs in some ponds, and some are huge. Herring are also moving in many of the Cape’s runs as they enter freshwater for their spawn.
Largemouth bass aren’t spawning yet, but they are beginning to feed heavily as that time approaches. Some nice bass were taken this week, including a few heavier than 6 pounds. Tom at Red Top said lures are working for the bass, but for the best shot at a fish 3 pounds or larger, he recommends live shiners.
The best bets for largemouths are the shallow ponds, as the deeper ponds are still very cold says Jeff at Forestdale.
Trout fishing is excellent at some ponds while surprisingly slow at others. Grews Pond in Falmouth, usually a reliable trout spot, has been fishing poorly this season. Jeff at Forestdale reported one angler fished Grews for three hours Thursday morning without a touch. Andy Nabreski hit Grews Wednesday evening with the same result. Cliff Pond and Little Cliff are fishing well.
The brook trout have been stocked, and fishermen at Peter’s Pond found a number of willing brookies on Wednesday reported Jeff at Forestdale. Jeff also received a report of one angler catching four browns to 17 inches at Peter’s Pond Thursday morning. Tiger trout have also been reported.
The brown trout were taken on spoons and stickbaits. Most of the rainbow and brook trout action has come on PowerBait, worms or shiners, reported Todd at Falmouth Bait and Tackle.
Dan at Goose Hummock reported a slow weekend of trout fishing, catching just three fish over two days. The Goose Hummock is having a kid’s tournament next week, and Dan expects to see a lot of big catches come in.
The arrival of herring is the only news on the saltwater front, except for reports of some small tautog being caught. Red Top is stocking sand eels for the tog, and Falmouth Bait and Tackle will have green crabs by the weekend.
Best Bets for the Weekend
If you’re after bass, stay shallow. The water temperatures at the shallow Santuit will be much warmer than deep Mashpee-Wakeby, so you can expect better bass fishing at the former. For trout, you can’t go wrong with Peter’s, Cliff, Sheeps or Ashumet. Give the saltwater another week, and you should be able to head out with the reasonable expectation of connecting with a keeper tog.
Fishing bridgewater area (town river,the nip,west meadows)town river has giant picks , ive caught 4 worth mentioning longest was 28″ and thin ,the heavy was 7 1/2 + lbs. and mean, huge fish in that river, i think they’re old pike from the nip ? They used to stock the nip with northerns long time ago ( old timet told me ?) Any comments out there?
Those are impressive picks (if they are picks?).
last year at Grews Pond,the comerrants were devastating the pond every time it was stocked.It’s beginning to be a waste to stock the pond if it continues.
Theyve been picking away at the trout for the last two weeks at grews ospreys have joining in to..ive been 5 times recently not one fish.
Been fishing the beach for stripers nothing yet!!
I already caught a 5 pound large mouth bass they are active
Would you mind giving the type of bait and how you fished it, time of day ect. Not your spot just some particulars. I have been going shallow and warm with dark salamanders on a Texas rig. No luck. I’m trying the morning tomorrow with general rigs and slow spinner baits. Hit it hard. thanks, Ben