I have yet to see a person riding a surf board through the canal. I do believe I will at some point in time see it (ride the bow wave of a big old barge) or maybe a wind surfer.
I think canal fishing is certainly surf fishing, just don't get the "high surf" like on the beaches.

where's TO?

Flap - I disagree that Fishing the Sands is more challenging and thus a higher degree of surfcasting than clammoring out on rocks and ledges. Yes, the sand does move frequently but the clues are often much more prominent than when fishing from the rock & reef, especially when you have hopped a couple rocks to get to a reefline 25 feet from shore depths that hide the tell tale signs of the seabed. I feel that fishing the sand is actually easier - physically - on the body than fishing from hopped rocks (especially after a fall that is less likely on the sand to begin with). Fishing the sand also offers it's clues a little more readily than a rocky shore. A ledge typically ends close to the shorline a sandbar is typically visible as it runs parallel or angles out with it's associated structure.

Each has it's detractions and enhancements and I would say both are worthy of being high end surfcasting.

if i kiss a #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& on the cheek am i gay? if he likes it is he gay?

in all sseriousness, IMO, surfcasting is casting into the surf with long rods, beefy tackle, etc. the canal is most Def. surfcasting.

all depends if there is tongue involved

What happened Bill, someone catch a bigger fish than you in the ditch and now you have to discredit their catch??? :hihi:

And how different is the canal than the channel?

I`m trembling with excitement waiting for #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& to get back from Cutty and read all his fan mail :jump1:

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JR..... rocks and reefs are tougher on the body if you do a lot of moving about or swimming to them and readings ok if you scout at low. Rocks are very dangerous.

The sand requires more research I think due to its everchanging structure and walking in soft sand is a killer with waders and gear.

I`d say both are equally difficult for varying reasons.

In the winter they call it ice fishing:whackin:

I got an extra 6 or 7 thousand seals.. think I'll send them to the ditch.
They can take several tons of mung with them too.
Than I can just worry about ever changing structure and miles of beach closures.

Apples and Oranges.. how can ya compare?
And.. Who gives a flyin' farq anyhoo... :doh:

keep the seals away Karl, we got enough problems with crowds of people

90 Mike

or a rats arse

NOT
CLAMMER $#@&#%^*^$(%&()%&*$#^$#%!#%$

That didnt happen , did it??:sick: :sick: :yak6: :yak6: :jump1: :jump1:

The Chanel is different because I fish there alot:rotf2:

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so close......:uhuh:

I never see a breaking tide on Nauset or PI or any beach, be it sandy or with the rocks of Rhody.:vamp: I would venture a guess that the average surfcaster would be totally confused by the anomalies of the ditch!:devil2: I have turned plugs that would not even be tossed to the surf gods, but in the canal rips and currents they dance.
I still call it surfcasting though:jump:

I get to put it over the top :jump:

lucky 99.

I am headin to the ditch in the morning.
I will let you know if I see anyone Surfing.

be sure to introduce yourself if you see a dude with a short red beard.
(well more like 2month-old shadow :) )

D'oh!

stoopid off-by-one error!

Woohoo 100

:tm:

Da Canal

But Jawny, see it today gone tomorrow, or by the end of the tide if the weather blows east hard. You always know where the ledges, holes rocks and such no matter what the weather gods send your way. And on the beach no matter what kind of foot wear your wearing it don't help in big surf, your feet go flying. Ain't the same JAWNY NOPE NO WAY. yOU MISSED IT btw, it was judt like the old days for two nights, now it's back to mung and seals and no fish plus it was very chilly last night and I wasn't wearing my lucky underwear and forgeot to wear underwear altogether which might explain the itch today. Salt and sand and mung make for a very itchy bum.:usd: :rotf2: :uhuh:

Ok -- just cast where the arrows are! :rotf3: OOOOPS spot burning ?:eyes:

I got to have my head examined for reading all this jiberish.

Be standing in the canal waist deep in front of a home where I used to have permission to fish when the a.....e goes by that cant read the english worded signs that say "NO WAKE". But I still agree its not the surf.

So Bill, what kind of people fish the canal?:eyes:http://img145.echo.cx/img145/1536/sc0734ig.gif

I'm sure he'd love that..:yak6: :yak6:

Or when a tanker or a deep-running barge goes by pushing tons of water ahead of it, and the suction almost pulls you under ;)

The Canal is the only place where I've lost fish to boats that didn't cross my line. The pull of that suction can tear a hook loose, just like when you try to horse a fish onto the sand against a receeding wave.

Mike P, I love that sound. Before you can see the barge the water starts dropping around you.

Flappy - What I'm saying is that there are certain things that make the sand Hard Core and certain things that make the rocks Hard Core and that they compliment each other in the Ethereal of Surfcasting. Both dig into the fabric of the soul. The canal can dig into the very soul of an angler too. So I would not venture to put one above the other...

Yeh - I missed it, but I knew if I went up it would have died that day :hihi: so you should be thanking me that I did not come up and you had for two, instead of just one :tooth:

ya, I wonder why this topic got started :devil2: :usd:
couldn;t have anything to do with you canalman could it? :faga:

:sleeps:

A mindless post really done from a momentary feeling of boredom and over 100 responces some, quite serious:doh: :rotf2:

Yur not kidding,don't forget skunks,deer and hungry racoons:smash:

I briefly spoke my .02 on the 2nd page.
This #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& is a total hoot.He love's to toss out these (so called polls) but already has an agenda to speak of & then slams people with statements like he's on this almighty Soap box.

He too is like surf fishing..........He comes & goes with the tides.
Im looking forward to the out going tide:rotf2:

5/0

Keep it on the lighter side! It's more fun. I think I have the answer!
Canal:TRANSPORTATION waterway: an artificial waterway constructed for use by shipping, for irrigation, or for recreational use. A canal may take in parts of natural rivers along its course.
I have every respect for the canal fishermen/man/fisherwoman/women!
It has it's own science. To be successful you need the knowledge, or a lot of luck!(Right place right time!) Every time I have been their I have done a header on the rocks.
So one thing is sure, you need to be sure footed.
Answer No.1 You are a Recreational Fisherman/Fishermen and or fisherwoman/women!
On the lighter side you could be fishing in a trough [ trawf, trof !]
Trof:a long hollow area in the surface of the ground or the sea bed, or between waves, a narrow channel, in which liquid passes.
I like the latter.
Answer No.2 They could be Trof fishing people. That will cover both sexes. :alien:
Bill see what you started. You certainly should win the most controversial posts award!:wave:
My defenition is it's a Trof. When you come right down to it, it is a trof of water that is controled by the moon and the tides, that carries fish to and fro!
Later Folks, L:sleeps:

No, No...you have it wrong, no soap box just a boulder:rotf2: I never slamed anyone in this ridiculas post, it was just in fun....:smash: Hopefuuly you canal guys will have another "Columbus day massacre":happy: :happy:

I call it tidal fishing like fishing in a river mouth or estuary
So basically it is shore fishing, No mater how it is fished it is
not easy, the only place I sranged my ancle from a hard fall
about 10 feet up, climbing down.

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&s just pissed cause he can't fish from his boat in the Canal//:jester:

I love tha Canal. Slip was gettin a lesson from NIB, moanin an whinnin the whole time.I made him proclaim his love for the ditch over an over louder an louder.
I love the canal.
I LOVE THE CANAL...
well it worked an mister moany was canangling angain..
Who cares what it type o fishin u call it...
It is not for everyone an as far as I'm concerned that is good.
I'm glad the fish vacum #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& does not go there.more for me.

Now I am intrigued, who will guide me on the famous canal...I want to fish there...take me out there!!!!!

Ur not allowed.
I saw the sign at the rotary.
It was F-18's avatar with ur face in the middle..
go catch all the fish in cuttyhunk..