🌱 How a Buzzards Bay tide sparked a legendary Canal bass blitz

Good day Buzzards Bay! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Buzzards Bay tide sparked a legendary Canal bass blitz

Also on today's calendar: Nate Ramos: Fishermen's View.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Cooler with periods of sun, with a high of 64 and low of 45 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 50, low: 45.
• Sunday: Cloudy, showers; breezy, with a high of 59 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• The Columbus Day Massacre at the Cape Cod Canal (onthewater.com) — A legendary Cape Cod Canal angler recalls an epic 2005 striped bass blitz driven by herring pushed in and out of the Ditch from Buzzards Bay. His detailed account follows the action from the Railroad Bridge to the East End, highlighting massive fish, local tournament results, and how weather and currents combined to create a once‑in‑decades Canal fishing day.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Buzzards Bay

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Thursday May 14

• 4th Annual RED Day Casino Night Fundraiser to Benefit Tommy's Place
  The Bay Pointe Club, 19 Bay Pointe Dr, Buzzards Bay
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday May 15

• Nate Ramos: Fishermen's View
  231 Sandwich Rd , Buzzards Bay
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Beginner Mahjong SUPER SESSION with Mahjongg Cape Cod
  Osterville Village Library , 43 Wianno Ave #2028 , Osterville
  10:00 am

Saturday April 18

• ALIEN ESCAPE!
  Wareham Free Library , 59 Marion Rd , Wareham
  1:30 pm

Monday April 20

• CSE Motocross Camp In Wareham, MA
  Diamond Mx Wareham , 131 Atwood Farm Lane , East Wareham
  4:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Case Varsity Baseball @ Bourne
  Bourne High School , 75 Waterhouse Rd , Bourne
  3:45 pm

Thursday April 23

• 4-H Mixed Media Art Class
  Jonathan Bourne Library , 19 Sandwich Rd , Bourne
  9:30 am

Friday April 24

• Full Plate Project – Y Community Market (Wareham)
  Gleason Family YMCA , 33 Charge Pond Rd , Wareham
  11:00 am
• Beer Mug Painting at Cape Cod Coffee Wareham
  Cape Cod Coffee , 2421 Cranberry Hwy #336 , Wareham
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Spring Dinner Dance
  Pocasset Golf Club , 24 Club House Dr , Pocasset
  6:00 pm

Monday April 27

• Canning Speed Establishment Camp In Wareham, MA
  Diamond Mx Wareham , 131 Atwood Farm Lane , East Wareham
  4:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• Sara Achorn: Solo Acoustic | Glen Cove's 1883 Lounge
  Glen Cove’s 1883 Lounge , 167 Onset Avenue Lower Level , Onset
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ahtna, Inc. posted a job opening for Armed Security Guard SCA-Cape Cod-Ahtna Professional Services in Buzzards Bay. Apply here.
• Ulta Beauty, Inc. posted a job opening for Lead Cashier in Wareham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Buzzards Bay here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Bourne

• State Inspector Finds Sheriff Blew Past Budget by $7.2M Last Year (provincetownindependent.org)
• Werwulf: First Trailer For Robert Eggers' "Most Terrifying Picture Yet" Debuts At CinemaCon (fearhq.com)
• OBITUARY: Captain Raymond E. Demming Jr., 98 (wilmingtonapple.com)

Sandwich

• A Day in Boston (globaltravelerusa.com)
• Career milestones: Vote for the C&I Boys Lacrosse Player of the Week (capecodtimes.com)
• House passes billions in transportation funding (wwlp.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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