[FishermanTim]

Fished the canal last night, low tide.
I walked roughly 50yds down current from nearest angler.

As I'm fishing I kept "feeling" something hit my rod as I would cast.
After about 5 casts I ended up finding out what it was.....

Couple of guys were drifting eels from the beach near Pip's, and were drifting a good 20-30 yds. beyond me.

In all the years I have fished that area, I've NEVER seen anyone fish any bait but bunker and mackerel, and those were chunks!

Apparently these guys had never, EVER fished live bait in a current.

These "pros" never figured out that the current was ALWAYS going to drag their line down current to the shore, so that their lines ALWAYS ended up 5-10 feet from shore.
Keep in mind that when I first got there, they had to have been 20-30yds UP-current from me, and their lines were 20-30 yds. DOWN-current from me.

And based on their verbal skills (or lack of them) I didn't want to get involved with them in any way.
You know, the kind that swears at you for crossing their line even though they had crossed mine due to their "expert" fishing skills.

Best part was that right after they left I caught and released a small keeper bass.

All in all it was a decent night, the Sox won and I got a decent bass!