About Cape Fishing Charters
Cape Cod Charters was established more than thirty years ago in Province town. It was named Top Rod Charters then after a bunch of fellow anglers that met at Matt’s breakfast diner to compare their catch for the night’s fishing. The angler with the biggest amount of fish was seated at the head table and whatever he wanted to eat was paid for by all the other anglers. This was mostly night fishing for Striped Bass. Running the beaches from Wood end to Mission Bell, it was cold, windy and dark trying to find shore breaks and troughs hoping to catch some fish and make some money.
You learn a lot about yourself, and the many different ways to try and catch the fish. Well after a few years of beach fishing it started to dawn on me that the boat guys were doing better than all of us, and also getting a good night’s sleep. Some nights we hit it right, good tide, perfect wind from the southwest. A lot of bait in the water and big fish “eating the beach”. On those nights I had the back of the truck filled with fish and made serious money. Those days are long gone now.
Now I fish mostly for the table and share with my clients the knowledge I have learned fishing for our local fish. I use top of the line electronics, a fast safe boat, the best fishing gear I can put on the boat, and many years of experience searching for these fish..
Why Us
With all the guides and charter boats out there, why would you book my service? How is Cape Cod charters different from the others?
Our Location: We are at the very tip of the elbow of Cape Cod! From the dock at Ryder’s cove we are just 20 minutes to the fishing grounds. With the help of Mother Nature, 4 years ago a Nor’easter broke through the barrier beach near Ministers point. This break allows me to get out of Chatham’s Pleasant Bay easy and once we go over the bar we are in prime fishing area. In 2009 it seemed that all the stripers were in 40’ of water about a half mile outside the cut. We had boats from Nantucket, a 3 hour steam. Martha’s Vineyard, a 5 hour steam, Boston and Plymouth a 5 hour steam. Now for people in Harwich and Hyannis it was a 3 hour boat ride and if you are familiar with Nantucket sound the wind blows strong from the southwest and your long boat ride is wet and uncomfortable. Nice to be fishing in a half hour with the land blocking the predominate winds from the SW.