Went to the eastern end of the canal last night 9:30pm - 2:00am. Second trip to the canal, but this is the first time that I fished for more than a 1/2 hour. Not big fish, but 8 schoolies, one pushing keeper size. Wasn't really set up for canal fishing - had some 6" storm shads that did the trick though with a black teaser 30" up. Wished that I had some braid on the bigger reel. I did find a spare spool with 20lb mono on it and used that.
Was kind of getting in a rut of hitting the same old spots when I went down to the Cape. Not many trips have been used to find spots and that is my fault, but when I do squeeze in the opportunity to fish I want to maximize fishing time. So I have kind of boxed myself in. Last night I tried some of the old spots and decided to prospect a bit when they were slow again - glad I did.
I would have stayed longer, as the tide had turned and it probably would have only gotten better, but I left at 4:30pm and told my wife that I would be home around 12-1am. I just switched jobs and had to turn in the old cell phone and will not get the new one until this week - so I really didn't have a way to call. Looking forward to heading down that way again next week. Going to have to break out and look for more spots to fish more often.
I did see a guy take a fall on the rocks last night. He was coming down the rocks to the water and took a pretty good fall. Fortunately he was not hurt and did not break his rod. Those rocks can be slippery....
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