Mackerel are thick in the east end of the Canal where some schoolie stripers are being caught on jigs, and trout and bass take various live baits and suspending jerkbaits in the ponds.

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Tautog are chewing in 60- to 70-foot depths, and freshwater fishing for trout and bass picks up steam as striper activity dwindles.

Schoolie stripers blitz on top in the Canal as a wave of migrators head south around Outer Cape, and tautog fishing continues to improve in Buzzards Bay.

Tautog are taking green crabs on rigs and jigs, schoolie stripers are packed into the rivers and marshes, and trout and bass put on the feed bag in the ponds.

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.

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Chris LaFrange creates colorful tuna tail prints and preserved tail mounts to commemorate memorable catches by utilizing the fish in its entirety.

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