

Blues at Wasque on a falling tide and bass on the northside on a rising one. Islands - They have bait around this week, even squid, on the Vineyard. Out in Buzzards, the bottom fish bite is still strong, with plenty of black seabass and some scup mixed in.Ģ.

The Canal certainly had some big fish this week - a 40-pound bass was caught there every day for five days running - but overall it slowed compared to 7-10 days ago. Buzzards Bay/Cape Cod Canal - Kind of slow. For the big finish, Saltie Vin Foti of Dennis, armed only with a tomato, will fight a basking shark.*ġ. and will feature casting demonstrations (with kid-sized rods available), technique seminars and a live fish "petting zoo." They usually have a grill going and the atmosphere is loose and welcoming. Sponsored by the redoubtable Cape Cod Salties, the event runs from 10 a.m. Next Saturday, June 13, is the annual Learn to Fish Day at West Dennis Beach. So while tassels and mortarboards fill the air, it's time to ask. And if you fall in a mud hole, try not to be fat. So if you're out on the flats, enjoy yourself, but be mindful. The only permanent damage was to my now worthless digital camera. Luckily, I had friends there to pull me free. Further, every time you move, you create a vacuum around your limbs, which the heavy mud rushes to fill, trapping you further. Your hands sink in the muck when you try to push off. Your legs, regardless of strength, cannot lift you. Well, I stepped in the wrong place and - wump! - I'm in. I was walking the flats, way up harbor, with the boys from Scorton Creek shellfish farm. Incident two was some dumb moron (me), who went out clamming in Barnstable Harbor and nearly stayed there.

Said the relieved fisherman, "Next time, I'm bringing a canoe." But he pushes on, heart banging, and eventually sloshes onto the beach. Now the water is up to his knees inside the waders, to his chest outside.
