January 21, 2010

Fishing on the Cape

Cape Cod is one of the best places to fish along the East Coast. And it’s no secret why: it has more then 360 freshwater ponds and sports a coastline loaded with jetties, inlets, tidal rivers, and flats. It lies just west of the very fertile Stellwagen Bank and is along the migration routes for stripers and blues moving from southern water to the Gulf of Maine. In short it’s a great place to catch fish.

Fishing has a rich history on the Cape. The majority of the large homes and estates that line the main roads of the Cape almost certainly belonged at one time fishing or whaling captains who prospered greatly from the sea. Of course it wasn’t always an ocean of opportunity. Stay tuned for more on the Cape’s fishing history.

Posted By: Scott Cash