Cape Cod Aerial Photographs

Boats, beachgoers, fish and whales can all be seen in these aerial shots of Cape Cod. The expansive wetlands, various ponds and busy harbors of the Cape are also visible.

LINK (via:CapeCod.com)

The Brewster Flats

The Brewster Flats of Cape Cod Bay are the widest expanse of tidal flats in North America, rivaled in the western hemisphere only by a similar expanse in Brazil.

A couple of the locals.

Matchin the Hatch

Fly and Fat Albert courtesy of Captain Warren Marshall.

Shoulda Been Here Yesterday

Today while hiking out on the Brewster Flats to fish the mouth of my favorite estuary creek, I stopped to talk with a couple of guys working the oyster farm.

Boy you shoulda been here yesterday. Been working this spot for 9 years and have never seen so many fish in here, there were thousands, including a ton of small 4-5 pound tuna. Watched a 30 inch bluefish take a bite outta one of those little tuna, there was blood in the water, my girlfriend was freaking out, I told her not to worry about it.

False albacore? Bonito? In the estuary creek? This could be a good day.

Headed off hoping to see a repeat performance and a few minutes later see some fish pushing some bait. As soon as I make my first cast a Brittany Pointer comes streaking out of nowhere, jumps straight into the creek and chases my pod of fish off. A gal calls out, "come here Blondie," and makes here way over to where I'm fishing. I say to her, "Blondie sure is one hell of a fish dog." She replies, "not really, she's never chased fish in her life but like a bear chasing salmon she caught three small tuna right here yesterday. Now all she wants to do is chase fish."

Yup, shoulda been here yesterday.

Greetings from the Outer Cape

Cape Light

Before heading home from the Cape last week I had a chance to hang and do some fishing with my friend and artist extraordinaire Mike Savlen. I had not seen Mike since he and Donna Lee moved away from Port Townsend a couple of years ago, so it was a real treat to be able to spend a couple of days with him before heading back home to Seattle.

We fished, soaked up the sights, sounds and smells of the salt flats.... and even managed to catch a couple of fish.

Prior to heading out the last morning we grabbed some Dunkin Donuts and hit the beach at Paine's Creek for some classic morning Cape Light. Mike added some of his signature artistic touches to a couple of great shots that he took that morning.

The light on the Cape, and on the flats in particular, rapidly changes. Throw a little morning fog into the mix and the expanse of sand merges with the sky.

"I could have sworn the mouth of the creek was that way."

To top it all off Mike hand delivered one of the Bragging Rights portraits that I commissioned him to do for my Mom.

She liked it.

Every trip back home to the Cape is special, this one was no exception.