fish in the canal yet?
 

heard the herring where thick wondering if anyone has given it a shot i had someone tell me a little birdy saw fish:sled:

i can never find fish in that place :nailem:

I was out on the boat this morning and ventured into the canal from MMA through half way then turned around. Quite a few folks tossing plugs and jigs along the banks...

There are no fish in the Canal,never!Why do people continue to fish it:huh:

walked a few spots today and noticed a few guys fishin' but didn't see anyone land anything. Did see a few seals pop their heads up at pip's during slack :err::err:

no all lies u r a wk early:huh:

Three weeks or so until consistent large fish will show. Fill the goodwill jar until then. Just a suggestion.

I'll bet it's closer to 10 days. Sometime between 5/5 and Mothers Day for decent fish. 40" fish will be here by Mothers Day if the past is any kind of teacher ;)

There will be single large fish taken within a week no doubt. I've gotten good ones(20#) as early as May 2, but I'm talking about good numbers of good ones. I did get my biggest canal fish ever on May 19, so who knows. Three weeks from today is the 18th, so I'm probably starting up around then.

This year, the Canal is going to be a ZOO, all those fish last year will draw crowds from far and wide. My buddy was talking to the guys at CMS and they said that the orders for canal sticks have been through the roof... not even close to any other year. There's a lot of money riding on the return of those macks. :spin:

The canal was my go to place last summer. Yet the above statements just add to why I'm getting a kayak.

And it will probably work the same way as the upper bay last year, it did'nt happen the same.

As long as everyone goes home when the sun goes down I won't have to care about Canal crowds...

5/4 seemed to be my Magic date. Theres still no fish in the Canal, thats for damn sure... stick to the Beach's.

Was there this afternoon.....lots of herring for sure! Made a few casts to test some plugs.....no takers! Nice day!

Bingo--I already have plans to be out of town on Memorial Day weekend.

Just as long as all the wannabe jiggers don't leave braid balls all over the bottom :doh:

There are No fish in the ditch! Everyone go away!:cens:

I'm watching the 11pm news and there is SWINE FLU in the Canal. It will be there for the whole year until 1st snow. Once it snows it will go away and be back in May 2010. Please stay away from this place at least until Jan to be safe. Even the fish passing through have the FLU. It's not safe. Also all of RI is shut down. You do not want to fish RI until I post again regarding this concern. Sell all your gear real cheap on this site and buy freshwater gear since the FLU doesn't affect ponds or freshwater streams.

Last year was an anomaly. High gas prices kept the pleasure boat/weekend sportfisherman admirals boats on the trailer or tied to the docks. This was the perverbial silver lining for the canal crowd.

Less boat traffic (some mornings didn't see any) in the canal on breaking tides kept the fish up longer thus increasing your chances.

The mackerel really never left the canal, even in late July thru August they were there, along with pogies and squid.

This year what with gas prices down a couple bucks will see more transit recreational boat traffic, that will put a damper on the break.

The wild card is the bait and what species take up residence and how long. The Bournedale run's viability in producing drop backs and young of the year fry falling out will also play a big part.
No two years are ever quite the same and banner years are few and far between and last year was every bit the banner year there.

I cross it twice a day to and from work. The 10' JK conventional rides with me all summer on those breaking tide periods every two weeks.
We will see what we will see.

WTF ??? WHEN DID ALL OF U BECOME CANAL FISHING EXPERTS ????????? WHAT 3 WARM DAYS , AND ALL OF U CANAL PROS ARE SHOOTING YOUR MOUTH OFF ABOUT WHERE N WHEN.......99% OF U COULD ONLY CATCH FISH IN THE CANAL UNDER BLITZ COND. MOST OF U FAKE FISHERMAN HAVE NO CLUE WTF IS GOING ON ANYWAYS ON THE CANAL AND ONLY TAKE UP SPACE WHILE U PLAY MICKEY THE DUNCE SNAGGED ON THE BOTTOM....THANKYOU THAT FELT GOOOOD....C U SOON THERE SOON ......ps iwastherefirst.

If anyone really wants to know...

IT'S OVER!

Face it guys, the canal is for rookies......too easy by far when losers like this guy can catch middling fish like this

http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/q...tt/laporte.jpg:

Is that Ken Burns or Glen Cambell?

Dave, LOL. :kewl:

http://www.enterprisenews.com/sports...twater-anglers

Just read this in the paper..... this doesnt help the situation:(:(:(

The keeper was caught in Westport CT. Whose the retard who couldn't help himself???

Why? I didn't learn anything new reading that report. Who reads the Enterprise anyways?

Yep, that's exactly what I said. Nothing ever happens twice, even when you can't come up with a reason why it shouldn't :laughs: (love that saying)

Flap -- I hear ya, thought the same things when I didn't have any targets out there to throw at. :hihi:

Isn;t that the 'happy little trees' guy?

You might have not learned anythign new but some "walmart edition googan" with a white rod may wanna set up shop next to you after reading the "enterprise"

dont show these monkeys that pic they will all be down fishing at pole 180 in the morning .u know i'm shy n modest about that 54 1/2 lber.lost one even bigger that day when the hook pulled on the gibbs pencil popper.

I hear ya. My point is that every paper has a fishing report section and most name spots and species and have a much bigger distribution than this guy. That's all. I think I have a white rod somewhere in the shed or basement so i take major offense to that comment!:laugha:

I drove the coastal roads from mid-CT through Newport to the canal this afternoon.
In the words of the great Bill Cosby "Can you put this back? Cause it isn't finished cooking! It needs to cook two, three months!" But the hospital made us take it home."
The water is too cold.
The evil black flying devils 100+ strong were anchored at the canal run, no diving or other action. I didn't bother to look at the run. I could smell the fish in the southwesterly breeze from the top of the embankment.
There was not a fisherman to be found the entire trip.
I was loaded and ready to shoot, but have learned my lesson, the 2nd week in May is the date to target.
Light a candle that the trawlers haven't killed all the bait.

Get a grip--newspapers have been posting fishing reports since I've been old enough to read :rollem: :doh:

yesitsme
 

both-thats one or two of the 200 personalitys that run wild in his head

That may be true but internet resources(enterprise webpage) are much easier to get a hold of than going to the store and getting a newpaper or having it delivered. I think there is a better chance that more households have internet than having a new paper delivered. I'm not saying that is the only reason that the canal and other places are being more exposed than it already is, but it doesnt help the situation of having fishing spots overcrowded. That's all I'm saying

CANT B HELPED
 

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

A poor carpenter always blames his tools :hs:

sure, blame the hook :rollem: you shoulda landed that bigger one so we could believe you. keep trying Dave

UNTIL IT STARTS...
 

Might as well just do some troutin' in the meantime. Pic is a 8-6 brownie; AND there were no seals up here.

Nice trout. Really nice! Hey are you trying to hide your face or do the trout have swine flu? Either way nice .