Cape Cod Striped Bass Fishing Woods Hole, Penzance Point, Uncatena and Nonamesset Islands, Massachusetts

Fish This Well-known Fast Tidal Area for Large Striped Bass, Tautog and Bluefish

Kayak fishing Woods Hole at Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Keep in mind that you'll need good sea kayaking and kayak fishing skills , including bracing, ferry gliding, dealing with fast currents and standing waves and even the ability to roll (plus no small amount of confidence) to fish this fast, productive, potentially challenging striped bass kayak fishing area off the southwestern shores of Cape Cod.

Located just off Woods Hole and a scant couple of miles from the well-known kayak fishing areas Nobska Point at Falmouth, Buzzards Bay and the rocky Elizabeth Islands, kayak fishing Woods Hole is most often productive on striped bass and tautog so long as you have sufficient roughwater skills to handle the conditions here and know how to read tide and current tables.

Aside from fishing productive striped bass waters in a small boat you'll need the skills to stay upright in an area well-known for its fast currents, large standing waves, roughwater and general whitewater turbulence.

The area is also frequently transited by large, fast-moving and big wake-throwing ferries headed for Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket from New Bedford. Keep in mind too that the confines of Woods Hole are subject to tidal velocities that max out at seven knots during spring tides and a perigee moon phases. Days on the calendar that line up thus feature even larger breaking waves, bigger standing waves, even greater turbulence and slickwater sluices that, though glasslike, are swift and dangerous.

In short what makes this area challenging for kayak fishing makes it attractive to striped bass: fast-moving, richly-aerated water, large submerged boulders run over by fast water; large eddies and recirculating currents, and finally small whirlpools that skulk around Woods Hole like angry teenagers.

One tactic, after launching from the asphalt ramp at the aquarium at the Marine Biological Lab in downtown Woods Hole, is to carefully troll and spincast the edges of Devil's Foot Island, north of the daybeacon and riprap set up in the middle of the Woods Hole channel, being sure to stay within the lee of structures and boulders that provide cover from the current. You can hold quite comfortably in a recirculating eddy while casting jigs and soft plastics upstream in the moving water and allowing them to drift back.

Another is to use the cover of the eddies that lie off Mink Point, at Nonamesset Island, Penzance Point off Woods Hole, or the two ledge islands, Grassy Island and Red Ledge, that emerge from the boils of The Strait when the tide is down. Troll the edges of these large, protective structures at slack tide or early in the tide cycles here with tube and worm and you'll find responsive striped bass.

Keep in mind that each of the above areas requires that you either cross Woods Hole's Strait, Broadway or Branch - each known for its daunting fastwater conditions. If you the crossings at slack tide you need the skills to return, or the time to wait for the arrival of slack on the next tide.

To best plan fishing Woods Hole, and to find the time of the fifteen- to twenty-minut

e slack periods between tides, extensive tidal current data for Woods Hole in the yearly edition of Eldridge's Tide and Current book, available online and from any number of online retailers like Amazon.

If you go kayak fishing in the area, pick out a couple of landmarks to keep yourself oriented. One good landmark is the lighthouse at Nobska Point, to the northeast. Another is the cluster of research vessels at dock in Woods Hole. A third is the wide expanse of water, and overbearing homes to the north, which bracket the gap between Penzance Point and Timmy Point on Uncatena Island, the gateway to the seeming endless expanses of adjacent Buzzards Bay.

Fishing - I love it

Suitable Children's Tackle For Fishing

Parents and kids can be entertained by many things in today's society. The level of interactivity of these things is relatively low and their cost is usually too high for them to be fully enjoyable. There is a particular activity that has withstood the test of time and is still enjoyed by many people, and happens to be fishing. Fishing is easy enough for parents and children to do while they have a nice family moment.

Unless you have the intention of using live bait, you won't need a lot to supplies for fishing beyond tackle and the other required items. This making fishing a low cost activity to do. The price needed to go fishing does not rise each time you do it.

Sporting good stores sell tackle that children can use. Complete tackle boxes, as well as lures and poles can be found there as well. The price on these items will vary, so before buying anything, think about the amount of fishing that will occur, the ages of everyone fishing, and what kind of fish you plan to catch.

There are some factors that need to be examined when buying fishing poles for children. The child must be able to hold the pole and use it easily. Get a pole that is relative to the size of the child, as they will be able to hold it better. Poles with bobbers and poles with spinning lures are available for children. Children who are new to fishing and younger in age will need the bobber pole.

Once the children have gained more experience and become older, they can start using the pole with the spinning lure and reel. This pole allows them to learn about proper casting and reeling, as well as certain techniques that will help them catch fish better. Tying lures and removing fish from hooks will be learned by the children when they used this pole.

Kids really love the thought of having a tackle box of their own to keep and maintain. The boxes come in a variety of designs, from standard designs for the older kids, and cartoon based designs for the younger kids. The boxes will be customized to their liking when they add their own bobbers, lure, and hooks. When fishing equipment is maintained properly, it will last for a long time, and provide children with years of good use. With all of the necessary equipment in place, both parents and children can have a good time together fishing and create memories that will last forever.