Mid-Cape Lower Cape C ape Cod is one of the best places to fish along the East Coast. It lies just west of the very fertile Stellwagen Bank, and is along the migratory route for stripers and blues moving from southern waters to the Gulf of Maine. In short, it's a great place to catch fish.
Fishing has a rich history on the Cape, literally.
The majority of the large homes and estates that line the main roads of the Cape almost certainly belonged at one time to fishing or whaling captains who prospered greatly from the sea. Of course, it wasn't always an ocean of opportunity. Remember, the folks who arrived here in 1620 had crossed the ocean with the thought that they'd be farmers in what we now call Virginia. The crops yielded by the Cape's sandy soil were not as bountiful as these settlers had hoped, so they had to explore other ways to supplement their diet and provide a means of support. They soon realized that money could be made by venturing offshore to harvest fish from the sea.