You'd be in a wheelchair after she was finished ...:uhuh:

Woohoo! Everyone can park on Mike's lawn! :uhuh:

I don't have a lawn--if you can find space between the bushes and trees, you're welcome to park there--or in the lot at the development's ballfield 100 yards up my street.

Walking distance is relative, too. "Walking distance"--for me--in a case of sheer necessity. It's still a good mile and a half to the ditch. :rotf2:

I don't mind this being posted as long as it is in the San Fransisco Gazzette.

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Wow talk about possesive LOL. I only want to fish on one rock.
Access is an issue at times but it's more attitude than access. respect is bread by making someone feel welcome not puttin the porcupine quills out.
We went through this a few times up here. A few of us went to the home owners and abutters and worked it to get some eticuit signs put up. You know please respect the neighbore ,don't slam car doors,talk quietly,don't leave trash around,[especially fishing trash]and so on worked wonders for both groups.acess has improved and the places are cleaner. even the cops work with us to help set it up. Just an idea. Ron

I just meant the fishing was good. GFY

That would never work out in MA.....too many Mass Holes out there that don't give chit!

:gh:

Mike .. I didn't see beloved Leper Land (behind PlayLand) on your list .. Boulders there too .. no more access..

Wait til the pogies show up :rotf2:

Wow! I never knew what GFY stood for. Thanks!

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get a nite job, weekdays rule at that place, although over the years they are even more crowded.
This time of the year No fish in the canal would be more of a story than fish being there. Harmless spot burn in my book, although I would never post it.:angel:

Pogies are here in small numbers. Saw some rather large mac's swim by yesterday.

went there this am,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
 

for my 1st time EVER!!

that place is HUGE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
and was loaded wit surfcasters for miles once the sun came up.

packed parking lots and Old Codders just shaking their heads.
one guy, as i was leaving said, "in all my yrs here, i've NEVER seen
this many cars at that lot. this is CRAZY, where'd they all come from?"

swing and a miss on a gray dawn hit, first cast of the year,
kinda caught me off guard, DAMMIT! after that, sum wild tail slaps, four birds working sporadically,
sum herring pushing thru and being pushed up~~~~ noting tails and swirls, i'd say high teens low twenties.

the worst part is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i "think" i LIKE it there. will definitely give it another go before it turns awff. cain't wait to drown some snakes there sometime. Capeside,,,,,,,,,,,,,STRONGside!!! for food and this latenight ho that was giving me the once-over :bl: :bl: :bl: for me, no joy either side, but it definitely has its allure~~~~ which is why i never went there before, life is much simpler when ya just blow by the 495 exit off of 24 on the way to Li'l Rhody.

still debating whether or not to add it to my repetoire~~ TEMPTING, very tempting :wall: :wall: :wall:

I went from 1992 to 2003 and never fish in RI....and I LIVE here. That was when the Back was hot and you could find a sand bar all to yourself loaded with big fish. I fishing with another guy and we would fish Friday and Saturday nights, drive up for one tide. Drive home, spend quality time with the family and sleep maybe 3 hours and then do the 300 mile round trip again the next night.The Cape gets in your blood. Guys have lost their jobs, gotten divorced, left their families, all to fish the Cape.

The Canal can be very humbling. You can figure out the Back in a few weeks if you concentrate on the tides, wind, and the way the fish move. The Canal is a different story. It changes not on the tides so much but more on the water movement. The different structure and where the fish setup on a certain time, wind, tide, moon...etc, etc. I suspect I will never figure it out. I am batting about .250. Which translates to getting skunked 3 out of every 4 times I go.

PRECISELY, my good man!!!
 

and THAT is the draw/challenge for me,,,,,,

1) there are sooooo many pieces to the Ditch Puzzle
2) it is absolutely beautiful there
3) it is one of the MOST UNIQUE places i will ever fish
4) there are the legendary tales of amazing "runs" in it's glorious past, and
5) it definitely grabs you and sticks in your craw~ from the first second you see, feel, touch, taste it!!

on the surface it seems simple enough, find the bait/the fish
and you are GOLDEN!!! in reality, i imagine it to be much, MUCH, more complicated than that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

hey piemma, at .250 you're doing waaaaay better than over half the SOX, and prolly most of the rest of us stiffs who'll gladly take the skunkings for ONE auspicious night at this most iconic Striperin' Nirvana. i am pretty shore, its toooo late for me~~~ for she had me at High<<<>>>Low :bl: :bl: :bl:

look for me,,,,,,,,,,,,,i'll be the one behind the old fogie's push-cart shaking my head and muttering under my breath things like, "i couldn't just stay on 24, NOOOOH!! i had to come to tha DITCH!!!" can't wait till i sea her again :uhuh: :uhuh: :uhuh:

Cape Ann has a canal?

There are canals everywhere,,, I think Montauk even had one a few nights ago,,,,:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

funny stuff, 360~~~

still tooooo early for Cape Ann,
so i thought i'd sea what this Ditch is all about??

heading there this week for some intell with a local!!
looks like i'm flat fluked,,,,,,,,and i've yet to catch, there.
then again, how SICK would it be to be versed in BOTH Capes??
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Hey Jess,
Not too early for Cape Ann as I was into fish in our very own Canal just yesterday. No, not the 40#ers being plucked from the big ditch but a nice mix of fat schoolies with some "legal" specimins in the mix.
Also found fish along the oceanfront in one of the many "rocky" spots up this way. And to top it off a school of impressive (to me) bass had the bait pushed right up to a certain beach just as nightfall approached. Spraying feed and acrobatic stripers made the scene fall-like.

That being said I am heading to the bigger (better?) canal Friday to see if I can figure out how to yank one of those ditch-cows out of that raging flow. Have had minimal success jigging up a few in past jaunts so I am hopeful to get in on the early-season action.

:uhuh: Spin

i hear ya Paulie,

not sure if i can get a hall pass for the ditch,
for this w/e,,,,,but during the week may be better.

perhaps we can work out the schedules during the week?
i need to talk to my fellow ironworker tomorrow, who was raised there,,,,,,,,,,,am hopoing for a place to park that is close to the ACTION!!! when i know more, i'll shoot ya a pm~~awite??