Jigs , the weapon of choice at the canal.

[MikeTLive]

Originally Posted by Squibby17

over 30' long

OVER THIRTY FEET!!!!!!
... D-A-M-N-!-!-!

--- I am reminded of stonehenge in SpinalTap!

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by MikeTLive

OVER THIRTY FEET!!!!!!
... D-A-M-N-!-!-!

--- I am reminded of stonehenge in SpinalTap!

Dude..I saw the fish!!!

[BobT]

OK..........thirty foot bass. Now that's a fish story.

[Squibby17]

OKAY SORRY guys a "thirty inch" striped bass swam in front of me, I didn't think this site was so gramatically correct, i'llnever make the mistake again

Its too bad I almost fell off the seaweed covered rock I was on when I saw it. My canal fishing ability isn't quite there yet but you have to start some where.

tight lines
squibby17

[tynan19]

Squibby I would suggest you get felt soled boots or korkers for working the shoreline of the canal. That little bit of confidence especially at night goes a long way. Don't take the guys the wrong way they were just joking. Welcome to the site.

[fishsmith]

Good post thanks Saltheart,
I understand that losing gear is a given at the ditch.
Do you pass up the sensitivity of braid for the cost efficiency of mono?
Or is your lines breakpoint at the leader ?

[Canalman]

Saltheart,

Where do you buy your curlytails?

-Dave

[Saltheart]

I use 50 pound Cortland Spectron at the Ditch. My set up is designed to fail at the jig not first , the leader knot second then in the spectron which I hope never happens but does sometimes when you get the line wrapped around something instead of just simply getting the jig stuck on the bottom.

I buy most of the curltails at the off season fishing shows like MSBA or RISSA , etc.

The question about the use of tail;s. Its certainly optional but I think i get better results using a tail on the bucktail jigs. Of course on the bare jigs you got to put something on there. I doubt they will bite a bare jig very often.