Canal How-to

[Shuley76]

This is how my Canal expericaince usually goes.

*Arrive at the Canal during mid afternoon
*Look around and find a decent spot where there is no people.
*Rig up a 10 foot meadium action surfcast rod with a chunk of frozen mackeral.

*Make a cast as far as I can.
*Watch the bait drift to the shore.
*Watch a big Boat drive by
*Make another cast as far as I can.
*Watch The bait drift to the shore and get stuck on the bottom
*Watch another boat drive by that makes alot of waves.
*Watch 3 hours go by with no bite.
*Drive home 30 miles away all pissed off.

What am I doing wrong? I read the sticky but it doesn't really tell me excatly how to fish the canal,it's not "taking me by the hand" and showing me.

[Slipknot]

First mistake is arriving mid afternoon
maybe certain times that may work if there's a blitz going on but they don't happen often.

I get up at 2:15 and get there by 3 AM so I can fish 3 hours in the dark then try for the breaking fish on top at sunrise.

you might want to find some place where the current swirls and fish the slack tides if you are gonna chunk, fish at night and you won't fight boat wakes.

there is a lot to fishing the canal

good luck

[striprman]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

First mistake is arriving mid afternoon .

I have caught many nice fish at high noon or there abouts, mid afternoon on a east running tide has given me some fish that I still talk to myself about

There is a lot to fishing the canal.

On this, I agree

good luck.

Yes, luck is a big part of it, but you have to make your own luck. Some people are luckier (better prepaired to catch a big fish) than others