ive been fishing the canal all season 4or 5 days a week when its been happening ..fishing has been good then bad. you have to guess or know when to be there . its no big secret when its good,everyone knows.... but the last 4-5 days its been the dead zone no bait at all ,no life,no action but a few smaller fish on jigs...anyone fishing nights?? this wk has good night tides,its like july conditions already..

I'll be fishing a few nights this week, west of the canal. The dropping tides just after dark, along with some live eels drifted in the outflow will most likely produce.

I agree

seems they blew through with the southwest winds and headed to parts north

I was hoping some would stay to play with my jigs

I finally gave up on Thursday. Still a few sea herring around but only a few dinks. TBO I was glad they were gone for a few days. I hope they stayed out in the bay on the southern side of things, instead of heading to the race area, as i need to start getting out in the boat and finding the fish.

Wait until the next set of big tides... I'll be elsewhere, but the big tides have been pretty reliable this year at the canal, meaning 2-3 days on either side of the full/new moons.

The place is simply too much of a circus for me to bear any it any more...at least by day...too many instant heroes/experts/freaks/geeks/motorheads/dorks/sluts/dweebies/nerds/cowboys/indians/steers/queers/spandex/franklin guys/...I think Numbskull even caught a fish down there this year...

...I think Numbskull even caught a fish down there this year...

Yeah, but I was trying for a slut.

Wait until the next set of big tides... I'll be elsewhere, but the big tides have been pretty reliable this year at the canal, meaning 2-3 days on either side of the full/new moons.

The place is simply too much of a circus for me to bear any it any more...at least by day...too many instant heroes/experts/freaks/geeks/motorheads/dorks/sluts/dweebies/nerds/cowboys/indians/steers/queers/spandex/franklin guys/...I think Numbskull even caught a fish down there this year...



All I saw on Thursday were originally from or living now in Franklin guys. Doesn't anyone from Franklin work anymore. Even I went to work after.

Mike you left out doctors

are you canal guys whining cuz you've had a few days without fish?
Sissies.

Hoping the warmer weather means good size fish hitting the north shore and cape ann much earlier this season.

are you canal guys whining cuz you've had a few days without fish?
Sissies.

I missed it all the last two weeks, thus its been weeks, not days, since I've even hooked anything in the canal, much less landed anything.

Still beats getting blanked in a boat, which is truly embarrassing. :hee: :wavey:

Actually, would getting blanked in a boat even count?

All I saw on Thursday were originally from or living now in Franklin guys. Doesn't anyone from Franklin work anymore. Even I went to work after.

Mike you left out doctors

I'm the only one who works. Everyone else either fishes or plays golf every day. I can provide photo proof on both accounts too..

I missed it all the last two weeks, thus its been weeks, not days, since I've even hooked anything in the canal, much less landed anything.

Still beats getting blanked in a boat, which is truly embarrassing. :hee: :wavey:

Actually, would getting blanked in a boat even count?

I no longer define success by how many fish I catch but by how high my gas bill is. My wife sure thinks it counts.:devil2:

I no longer define success by how many fish I catch but by how high my gas bill is. My wife sure thinks it counts.:devil2:

You need more gizmos on board too like a coffe maker, blender, and satellite tv...you haven't even gotten started yet....my next boat won't even have rod holders in it.

I'm the only one who works. Everyone else either fishes or plays golf every day. I can provide photo proof on both accounts too..

Hey watch it buddy!! I work. I fish. I play golf on the pretense that it's part of work.:rotf2:

Got into fish in the dark over the weekend. Took a lot of work, tho. Nothing over 38" or so. Forgot how much larger they seem in the dark as I've been doing mostly the first light thing up to now. A couple fish peeled some drag which was nice. :D What a difference a week makes - it took a lot of work to find them. Stupid fishing over!

I'll be out there the next few nights.


ive been fishing the canal all season 4or 5 days a week when its been happening ..fishing has been good then bad. you have to guess or know when to be there . its no big secret when its good,everyone knows.... but the last 4-5 days its been the dead zone no bait at all ,no life,no action but a few smaller fish on jigs...anyone fishing nights?? this wk has good night tides,its like july conditions already..

I'm the only one who works. Everyone else either fishes or plays golf every day. I can provide photo proof on both accounts too..

TO in knickers with Bart caddying , priceless :uhuh:

I jigged the last two of the west last evening and had one 30" fish to show for it--it was the only hit of the night, too.

One of my buddies had a 35" miles away.

It's spotty. Some nights you hit them pretty good, others it's a pick. Stiffy's right--seems like July fishing already.

I will be there tomorrow morning so you might as well all stay home!!:wall:

Deadsville Saturday night . maybe time to start intercepting those fish North of the canal .

It was in the pooper this morning..........

Landed a 25 lb. striper last night, on a live eel. Released after photo and weighing. Only other fish was a blue that was puking up alot of small bait fish. I think that there are still plenty of large stiped bass moving through buzzards bay. I plan on fishing a few more nights this week. Still looking to break through the 30# mark this year.

I think that if you have a positive outlook you are more likely to put in the effort. Don't go by what others are saying about where the fish are.

Hey watch it buddy!! I work. I fish. I play golf on the pretense that it's part of work.:rotf2:

u in the industry piemma?

Im guna change my title to "assistant professional/fishjunkiedon'tcallmeforlessonscuzimdrivingtotheca naltonightyoubeater"

I liked BigF's new ride...I've already consulted with Stiff Tip to build one for myself. Since I can't seem to catch these striped fish anywhere, I think I wanna do some ridin' and enjoy the Show. I'm trying to recruit Numby to join me, but he'd probably need Froggie's tricycle or equivalent.

july conditions already..

july conditions...........?

might be continuous Rain :drool:

ive been fishing the canal all season 4or 5 days a week when its been happening ..fishing has been good then bad. you have to guess or know when to be there . its no big secret when its good,everyone knows.... but the last 4-5 days its been the dead zone no bait at all ,no life,no action but a few smaller fish on jigs...anyone fishing nights?? this wk has good night tides,its like july conditions already.. so on thurs lots of smaller fish feeding on everthing but plugs, bait is small size like baby herring.lots of brakes. fri half that action all small stuff.sat notathing!!! dead zone no bait no fish...ok a few . what the fu-k its the wknd too .....then it happened .now i know why its sooooo dead, i see larry ( big fish ) riding up on ths new bike ....then and only then do i realize why the fish aint biting..larry been west of me beating them with a piece of fancy wood.by the time they get to me they have see so much wood the fish think there in a forest......so as a friend of larry i offer up one of my super duper loaded and painted plastic cordells.here try it i saythey cast a mile and the bass love um....sorry dave i can't, i'm afraid my hand would fall off .you know !!!so as he rides off, the fish begain to brake again and life comes back to our spot and bob and i start to cast on fish .. when i here larry mumble , i would rather chit fishing with wood . than get caught with a plastic plug in my pocket.. :wall:...july conditions= nights and eels or bait=big bass

so on thurs lots of smaller fish feeding on everthing but plugs, bait is small size like baby herring.lots of brakes. fri half that action all small stuff.sat notathing!!! dead zone no bait no fish...ok a few . what the fu-k its the wknd too .....then it happened .now i know why its sooooo dead, i see larry ( big fish ) riding up on ths new bike ....then and only then do i realize why the fish aint biting..larry been west of me beating them with a piece of fancy wood.by the time they get to me they have see so much wood the fish think there in a forest......so as a friend of larry i offer up one of my super duper loaded and painted plastic cordells.here try it i saythey cast a mile and the bass love um....sorry dave i can't, i'm afraid my hand would fall off .you know !!!so as he rides off, the fish begain to brake again and life comes back to our spot and bob and i start to cast on fish .. when i here larry mumble , i would rather chit fishing with wood . than get caught with a plastic plug in my pocket.. :wall:...july conditions= nights and eels or bait=big bass

that's some wicked Funny sheet .... there DAVE.... :rotf2: ya gots me smilin from ear to ear....

I am not there today...must be blitz conditions???:uhuh:

I am not there today...must be blitz conditions???:uhuh:

Nope. Pretty dead.

Everything was early this year, so it should be no surprise that we're into the summer pattern already. Now the easy fishing is over and we separate the men from the boys :rotf2:

and with the SW gusting to 30 tomorrow I am not expecting anything on top tomorrow morn., but I may try anyways as I am off all week and I caught up on my sleep this weekend and wind isn't suppose to crank up big till after sunrise.:biglaugh:

Last night was my first poor night since Tues. One 32" and a couple bumps.
I did see a mid 20# fish taken nearby.

Got a few more nights to hit them so.....keep working and hope for a big bite.....it's what we do. :)

Black, Black and Red Sluggo's and Black Ronz have been doing ok by me.

and with the SW gusting to 30 tomorrow I am not expecting anything on top tomorrow morn., but I may try anyways as I am off all week and I caught up on my sleep this weekend and wind isn't suppose to crank up big till after sunrise.:biglaugh:

30's to much but the place could use a little breeze IMHO.

Just doesn't look fishy when it's a piece of glass...

The fishin may be slow but the spandex sure helps to pass the time. Now I know why some of those canal cruzers have rear veiw mirrors on them.
Nice thing is that we have some good fishin up here in Maine and bikinis. 6 fish this morning over 30 in to 36 in and a bunch under 30 in all on my spooks. Got rewarded with bathin beauties on he way off the rocks.

30's to much but the place could use a little breeze IMHO.

Just doesn't look fishy when it's a piece of glass...


Yeah a northerly direction would be good. Not a fan of SW for breaking fish. To me it looks the fishyest when it is like glass at day break, but that's me.

i only managed to pick up two fish this morning on top, bigger one around 37inches ...fair amount of macs around this morning at sunrise...saw some real nice looking breaks in the middle out of range...breaks in casting range were pretty sporadic...

Skunked for the first time in weeks two mornings ago. 1 bump in 3.5 hours. Nice to be out there in any case. Took the weekend off to work around the house.

Will hit it hard pre-dawn the next few nights, hopefully the aforementioned forecast of 30mph is wrong.

Pretty dismal report. 1 small keeper this morning in the ditch, my daughter reeled it in though, although she was half asleep. A very few intermittent breaks, of course more on other side. Wind was howling when we left. Still seeing macks though. Again not expecting much tomorrow but same bat time, same bat channel.

Pretty dismal report. 1 small keeper this morning in the ditch, my daughter reeled it in though, although she was half asleep. A very few intermittent breaks, of course more on other side. Wind was howling when we left. Still seeing macks though. Again not expecting much tomorrow but same bat time, same bat channel.


Had the same experience though I didn't see any forage. I wore my bug off scarf in style though. Skeeters were no issue. Think I'm going to give it a break tomorrow.

Pretty dismal report. 1 small keeper this morning in the ditch, my daughter reeled it in though, although she was half asleep. A very few intermittent breaks, of course more on other side. Wind was howling when we left. Still seeing macks though. Again not expecting much tomorrow but same bat time, same bat channel.

you're an animal, Paul. go get em :fishin: