I seldom, if ever, fish in the canal, and when I do, I walk away with a bad taste in my mouth as far as losing tackle on the bottom there.
A few weeks ago, I take my step-son and decide, what the heck, let's toss a line in the canal. I get what was one hell of a run on my pole, reel the fish in close but lose it in the rocks 5ft from me.
I get pissed. I'm out of bait. Swore I'll never go back again.
A week and some more days ago, I relent and go fishing with my brother who loves fishing the Canal. Nothing again.
Yesterday, I was having major fishing withdrawals, having not fished in 10 days, glad to be done moving to a new pad. I land a 21in for my first, and a 20in for my 2nd. There, my canal fishin virginity is broken big time.
I've always fished off the boat, all over falmouth, plymouth, onset and a number of places, but avoided the Canal.
One thing I learned from my brother, cast my tackle in the direction of the current, and that will reduce my tackle losses in the bottom.
Now, I have a price to pay. Sunburn.