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OUTSIDERS, THE MENTION OF FISHING ON CAPE COD LIKELY EVOKES IMAGES OF OFFSHORE ADVENTURES BATTLING THE SWELLS, BUT THE LOCALS WILL TELL YOU OF A WILD SPOT RIGHT ON THE CAPE THAT WILL GET THE ADRENALINE PUMPING.
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“All the fish get flushed in there as the temperature gets warmer,” Will Poirier says of the Cape Cod Canal. Will, a Lund dealer at Atlantic Boats in East Wareham, Massachusetts, sells a ton of Lund Boats this time of year in preparation for the spring striper frenzy, which picks up about mid-May. “That’s when the fish get real big,” he says. “It’s not uncommon for people to catch fish that exceed 40 pounds.” Will maneuvers a Lund 1800 Rebel XL out of Stonebridge Marina in nearby Onset. From there he heads out onto Onset Bay, a smaller cove of Buzzards Bay. “I see a lot of Lunds out here,” he says. Striper are the reason, but anglers also catch false albacore, mackerel and bluefish. The fish hang in the bay, and then migrate up the Cape Cod Canal, which cuts through the Cape, connecting Buzzards Bay with Cape Cod Bay. Striper and other species chase after smaller baitfish that get sucked through the waterway.
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