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'Strongest, Fastest Fish' in Our Local Waters Returns, and Anglers Celebrate

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We’re into the third week of August and guess who’s showed up? False albacore are here. That makes plenty of local fishermen plenty happy.

Jimmy Fee at On The Water magazine joins us to talk about how the fish, which are considered darn near inedible, became a Cape anglers' favorite.

Plus we've got the latest on where the albies are blitzing, and bluefish too.

It's all in just 4 minutes. Give it a listen.

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Steve is Managing Editor of News. He came to WCAI in 2007. He also hosts the weekly News Roundup on Friday mornings and produces The Fishing News.
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