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04-16-2014, 09:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 2
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Fishing Cape Cod Canal
Looking to fish the canal for the first time. Going in a few days regardless of the reports. Any productive spots to work and top water or jigs early in the season? Any feed back would be great
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04-17-2014, 04:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 450
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He's funny .... Good luck with that dude
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04-17-2014, 04:44 AM
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#3
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
Posts: 3,333
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It's good to be ambitious but I don't think you'll have much luck with either top water or jjigging, but I think it would be beneficial for you to go and scout out and read the area.
They'll be here soon thou.
The Canal is a great place to fish, once you get hooked all bets are off!
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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04-17-2014, 04:50 AM
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User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 5,515
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Stop in at Red Top tackle an have a chat , also
Go get um!
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04-17-2014, 05:29 AM
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 333
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dress warm, water is still in the low 40's, any wind down there and you'll freeze your ass off.
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04-17-2014, 05:34 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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04-17-2014, 06:00 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
Posts: 3,436
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Pole 495 is hot this time of year.
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04-17-2014, 06:03 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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got to get down there soon. if nothing else to limber the rods, swim some plugs, ride my girls bike, and have b'fast at leo's.
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04-17-2014, 06:40 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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you won't have to worry about crowds
try chunking
you may be better off at places nearby where the water is warmer and closer to where holdovers would be
didn't someone catch a bass in April on a hot dog one year?
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The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those rights are inherent within you. Rather it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.
1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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04-17-2014, 06:50 AM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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Cod are biting in the canal.
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04-17-2014, 07:03 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melrose MA
Posts: 587
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Agree with the holdover spot comment. If you like to fish bait possibly go for Tog this time of year.
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04-17-2014, 07:07 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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The whole place is a "spot".
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04-17-2014, 08:17 AM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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bigfish larry (#6 poster in this thread) posted a bunch of videos of him fishing the canal over the winter, find those areas and do what he was doing and you'll be good to go.
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Domination takes full concentration..
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04-17-2014, 08:32 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iamskippy
 Pole 495 is hot this time of year.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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04-17-2014, 08:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: 14000 / 44031.5
Posts: 932
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Goto Canal Bait and Tackle - they sell a Chart of the Ditch with all the "spots" labeled for about $10 (its also printed on their T-shirt).
Where, when, and how to fish each spot is part of the learning curve. But it will get you pointed in the right direction.
Have fun.
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04-17-2014, 09:21 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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Get a tide chart and fish slack water around sunrise during a new or full moon period. Plenty of good spots to choose from. The real deal doesn't kick off til the second half of May.
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04-17-2014, 11:52 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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There's a 13 year old kid down there with his deadbeat dad all the time...follow the kid and do what he does.
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04-17-2014, 12:14 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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The kid brings the dad along strictly as Eye Candy...  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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04-17-2014, 12:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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Thanks Kevin, didn't know you cared!  |
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04-17-2014, 12:43 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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you notice not even my smiley could keep a straight face after that comment....
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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04-17-2014, 01:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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Urban dictionary #5 -Sarcasm
Something that nobody on the internet can ever recognize.
You had me at hello.
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04-17-2014, 01:40 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Not so he uses him for his driving skills.
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04-17-2014, 02:06 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Really proud of you guys for not busting the guys balls about asking where to go.
There was a time, here, when he would have gotten ripped for asking where to go.
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No boat, back in the suds. 
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04-17-2014, 03:39 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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I agree Paul. Not enough help given out on sites anymore really. Not everyone is out to take your spot or crowd you out of your special area. I at one time many years ago would not have been very forthcoming with info on an area I fish as I thought that very way but as I get older I have come to realize that it is just fishing and that most people, there still exists some A holes I fish near and often with including friends, really just want to enjoy themselves and to have a good time. Any time the gentleman wants to tag along with me he is welcome, although all I can really offer him is many years of experience on how to aggravate the hell out of oneself. P.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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04-17-2014, 04:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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My sarcastic advice wasn't far from true...OP you are a bit early to expect to catch something down there. But you can go down and get a feel for it. Head down before an east turn, water will be low, ride along to look for spots that might look fishy. Check out the same spot an hour into the turn to see how it changes. Take notes.
In the event fish actually pass through watch for someone who is doing well, do as they are doing. Etiquette is key to making friends down there, don't be afraid to ask questions when your there. You'll find better responses in person than online. (Something to learn there too). And I was serious, if you see a kid bailing fish and his handsome devil dad taking pictures of him stop and say hi. The kid is a wealth of information.
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04-17-2014, 06:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Buxton, Maine
Posts: 1,727
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Op give it a try. Don't let the overly possesive types get to you. if you've fished for any time at all you'll pick up on the place quick.The whole place is a spot. Like a puzzle it gets easyier with time.You may even get lucky this early ,others have. Take binoculars an a camera.
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04-17-2014, 06:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Middleboro
Posts: 43
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Canal
I'll be down this weekend scouting some of the hot spots. Use a light pole and tackle, maybe some small tin, slow retreive near the bottom around the herring run. But if that doesn't work, breakfast at Leo's is the best.
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04-17-2014, 11:27 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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You know, we have a "How To, FAQs.....etc" forum here and somewhere in my aging memory I seem to recall there being a post about this Canal of which you speak.......
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04-18-2014, 05:57 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
there still exists some A holes I fish near and often with including friends,
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HEY! I resent that. |
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04-18-2014, 06:57 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Where is this Leo's of which you speak? Nothing tops off a good morning of fishing like a good breakfast......I always just end up at Dunks.
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