Tag: Cape Cod

Beautiful Night Heron Found with Wing Entangled in Fishing Line

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In Massachusetts, Cape Cod, although known for its seafood and beaches, is also a birdwatching paradise. Birding enthusiasts love visiting the scenic area to see the 400 different species that reside there including Yellow Warblers, Solitary Sandpipers, Marsh Wrens, Eastern Bluebirds, Virginia Rails, and more. But if you want to see some beautiful birds, finding […]

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Cape Cod Anglers Hear the Otherworldly Sounds of an Earthquake at Sea

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The sounds of an earthquake on the water are quite eerie. Imagine you are out on the boat with your buddy for a day of fishing when the sudden calm and stillness of the water is interrupted by a sudden, low, otherworldly sound that you have never heard before. Sounds spooky right? There is a […]

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Shark Spectacularly Steals a Striper Off a Fisherman’s Hook


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Here’s a fishing encounter with a shark that will make your heart skip a beat! Hap Farrell, a charter boat captain in Massachusetts’ Cape Cod Bay recently gave some of his customers an even more memorable striper fishing trip thanks to the unexpected appearance of a shark. In fact, two different incidents were caught on video. […]

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Great White Shark Nearly Bites Boy Leaning Off Edge of Boat

Facebook: Doug Nelson via Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
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“Jaws” seems like a much more realistic movie all of the sudden. One Columbia Sportfishing boat had an especially eventful day on Cape Cod Bay this past weekend when a great white shark leaped out of the water and almost onto the deck. When Doug Nelson and his son, Jack, joined a group of fellow

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Striper Fisherman Is Surprised By Great White Shark That Steals His Catch

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A  great white shark bewilders a striper fisherman by stealing his catch. One striper fisherman off the coast of Massachusetts received a surprise when a giant great white shark leapt out of the water to steal his catch. The young angler fished with a group off the coast of Cape Cod near Monomoy Island when

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Autumn on the Bay

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Autumn on the Bay - By Tom Keer

Whenever folks ask me where I live I adopt my best body-builder pose, arm curled tight, and point just below my wrist inside of my forearm. My anatomical reference is to Wellfleet on outer Cape Cod. Everyone laughs but the biggest cackles come from Michiganders because they know what it’s like to chart geography on a body part (Michigan is known as the Mitten because of its resemblance to the handshoe). But then again, maybe they find humor in the fact that I need to hit the gym and grunt out a few hundred more bicep curls, I don’t know.

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