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Love that Ditch...
For all it's hassles, i.e. mosquitos, slippery rocks, steep embankments, ripping current, rats, skunks and such, the Canal is a winner. Where else in the world can you stand on land and cast into 30-50' of good Striper bottom?
And we don't need no stinkin' August doldrums! The fishing continues to be excellent. In fact, except for an unusual slow period around the first week in July or so, the fishing has been decent all summer...in fact right now, it is pretty exceptional. The guys who are complaining about the scarcity of fish must be keeping banker's hours at the ditch, because the pre-dawn crowd is racking up, particularly between the bridges...some of the fish are LARGE too, although schoolies abound after the sky brightens. General rule: if you can't get there before 3:00 AM, might as well stay in bed, especially if you want to bag something other than schoolies....
Bob Leab tells me he has been doing well on the backside, and from #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&'s enthusiam and reports about RI, gotta say this is a good summer for the Bass hounds.....I ain't complaining..
Harry
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