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Tautog are chewing well around Buzzards Bay and the Elizabeth Islands, stripers feed in skinny water, and trout activity improves during the cold snap.

Bass and blues blitz on mullet, spearing and peanut bunker on the south side, keeper tog are caught throughout Buzzards Bay and along the Elizabeths, and bluefin tuna take live pogies south of the Vineyard.

Albies grow slightly scarce, keeper tautog are caught throughout Buzzards Bay, and stripers to thirty pounds take jigs in the Canal.

Albies chase schools of silversides, stripers and blues ramp up in the Canal, and fluke fishing holds steady...plus, a tarpon is caught and released on the south side of Cape.

Fluke continue to dominate the action with bigger fish showing up on the reefs, wrecks and rough bottom. There’s plenty of fluke on the beaches as well but anglers have to weed through a lot of shorts to find a keeper. There are also loads of small bluefish around as the amount of bait in

Sea bass season is off to a great start with big scup in the mix, 30-pound stripers pass through the Canal and flood Cape Cod Bay, and bluefish arrive en masse around Upper Cape.