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On The Water’s Angling Adventures

Season 19

Season 19 of On The Water’s Angling Adventures first aired in 2026 and has 13 episodes, all free to stream on Outdoor America. On The Water's Angling Adventures highlights the fish, the captains, and the communities surrounding the legendary waters of the Northeast.

  1. Episode 1 · 24 min · Oct 14, 2026

    Topwater Stripers on the Connecticut River

    Host Chris Megan heads to the mouth of the Connecticut River with good friend Captain Joe Diorio to catch large striped bass on topwater lures and live bunker.

  2. Episode 2 · 24 min · Oct 14, 2026

    Ice Fishing Lake Trout on Sebago Lake, Maine

    On The Water heads north to Maine’s Sebago Lake where Chris Megan and Jimmy Fee team up with Registered Maine Guides Dan Hillier and Jon Peterson to target big Lake Trout through the ice. By utilizing cutting edge Humminbird Ice Helix 7s, the crew dials into some incredible fishing in waters over 100 ft deep.

  3. Episode 3 · 24 min · Oct 14, 2026

    Fall Run Stripers and Bluefish

    At the height of the fall run, big schools of peanut bunker gathered off the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, where migrating striped bass and bluefish feasted for almost two full weeks. In this episode, Kevin Blinkoff and Chris Megan chase blitzing stripers and blues in Cape Cod Bay with lure designer Patrick Sebile.

  4. Episode 4 · 24 min · Oct 13, 2026

    Winter Flounder in Cape Cod Bay

    Many saltwater fishermen got their start with the humble winter flounder. Populations of this delicious flatfish have declined in parts of their range, but in Cape Cod Bay, the winter flounder fishery is alive and well for captains like Mike Fowler of Bad Dog Sportfishing. On this episode, Chris Megan and Andy Nabreski join Captain Mike and his first mate "Little Jim" for a morning of flounder fishing and a drift down memory lane.

  5. Episode 5 · 23 min · Oct 13, 2026

    Doormat Fluke on Nantucket Shoals

    The shoals southeast of Nantucket are known for producing giant summer flounder. Fishermen travel to the Shoals from throughout the Northeast to try and catch their biggest fluke. In this episode, Jimmy Fee, Chris Megan, and Anthony DeiCicchi depart Falmouth Harbor on the hunt for doormats with bucktail jigs and scented artificials with the goal of catching a new personal best.

  6. Episode 6 · 23 min · Oct 15, 2026

    Elizabeth Islands Albie Fishing

    Chris & Jimmy chase albie schools down the islands; Chris waxes nostalgic on fishing this archipelago.

  7. Episode 7 · 24 min · Oct 15, 2026

    Chumming Live Bunker for Striped Bass | Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

    While live chumming is common in Florida, it's relatively unheard of among striper anglers in the Northeast. In this episode of On The Water Angling Adventures, OTW’s Jimmy Fee and Chris Megan join Rhode Island Captain Rob Taylor of Newport Sportfishing Charters on Narragansett Bay. Using his side-imaging sonar, Rob locates schools of striped bass, then lobs live adult bunker over them to trigger blitzes while slow-trolling live bunker through the school.

  8. Episode 8 · 25 min · Oct 14, 2026

    Jigging Bluefin Tuna South of Martha’s Vineyard

    In 2021, the tuna grounds known collectively as "South of the Vineyard" filled up with school bluefin tuna for the first time in five years, providing fun light-tackle fishing for much of the summer. In this episode, Chris Megan and Jimmy Fee head 60 miles south of Cape Cod looking to catch tuna with a tactic called vertical jigging. While the action is fast and furious, the target species proves elusive.

  9. Episode 9 · 23 min · Oct 28, 2026

    Winter Fly Fishing the Deerfield River for Rainbow and Brown Trout

    Join Chris Megan when he takes a winter road trip to the Deerfield River to target brown trout and rainbow trout on the fly with guide Chris Jackson. The Deerfield River is a tailwater river that has a mix of naturally reproducing trout as well as trout stocked by the state. The state manages the river with two separate catch and release only sections to help protect and strengthen the river's fishery.

  10. Episode 10 · 22 min · Oct 15, 2026

    Raritan Bay Striper Fishing with Big Plugs | New Jersey

    When stripers follow the bunker into Raritan Bay, it can take a big bait to get their attention. One of the favorite techniques of Captain Rob Radlof is to fish large metal-lip swimmers. In this episode Rob shows Jimmy Fee the technique, and later, Jimmy visits Gary Soldati, maker of the Big Water Pike, to see how these large swimming plugs are made.

  11. Episode 11 · 22 min · Oct 28, 2026

    King Salmon and Brown Trout | Lake Ontario Tributaries

    Join On The Water’s Chris Megan as he travels to western New York in search of big lake-run trout and salmon in the tributary rivers that flow into Lake Ontario. Chris is joined by Bill Sweitzer of the New York Canals Corp, Frank Campbell of Niagara Region Charter Service, and Jimmy Fee of OTW.

  12. Episode 12 · 24 min · Oct 14, 2026

    Fly Fishing for Pike | Housatonic River, Massachusetts

    In mid-December, On The Water ventured out to Western Massachusetts to target Northern Pike on the Fly with Dan and Tom Harrison of Harrison Anglers. Although northern pike are not as widespread in New England as other freshwater species, the Harrison brothers have found an abundant Northern Pike fishery on the Housatonic River that offers the chance at a true trophy-sized fish.

  13. Episode 13 · 22 min · Oct 14, 2026

    A Season of Kayak Fishing Cape Cod

    OTW's Kevin Blinkoff walks through an entire season of kayak fishing Cape Cod and Boston Harbor from his Old Town Sportsman BigWater PDL 132, from spring-run schoolie stripers and bluefish to albies during the fall.