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Albies are in casting reach from shore, larger stripers are hitting jigs in the Canal, and snapper bluefish appear en masse across south Cape.

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Albies invaded south Cape beaches, schoolies and bluefish are on the move, and anglers fishing the Cape Cod Canal enjoy gator blues with 30-pound stripers.

September on Cape Cod is the time for sweet swims at quiet beaches, bountiful harvests at farmers markets and less traffic everywhere.

Digree Rai and her son David are farmers in Truro. They emigrated here from Nepal in 2011 and they say there’s one crop that’s common there that almost no one recognizes on the Cape.

Bluefish and bass are thick in the Cape Cod Canal, hardtails are everywhere but finicky, and sea bass season closes after this weekend!

“We actually think that the way that we're going to get this done is in partnership, through several health care providers here that are currently on Cape Cod and the Islands, and maybe a new one or two,” state Sen. Julian Cyr said.

At the Provincetown office of Outer Cape Health Services, a state-designated vaccination site, spokesman Gerry Desautels said staff is working to meet demand at a very busy time of year.

Julie Carlson’s family home is a stalwart-looking former banker’s house built in 1868. Read more at Boston.com.

Wind and weather inhibited some anglers this week, but fluke, bluefish, stripers and sea bass remained chewing with the influx of baitfish around south Cape and Buzzards Bay.