Canal report 6/23 with a question

[Squibby17]

could be a dog. As in dog fish. I got cut off a bunch of times last year before getting smart and putting fluro carbon before the hook. The Dog fish don't really make the hard solid run the way a big striper will its more of a tugging but not a violent shake like a blue fish.

[Mike P]

I'm thinking bluefish. It hit the eel and swam right at you, and since it didn't feel any tension, it ate its way right to the hook.

You get that little "rat-a-tat-tat" hit from a blue when it hits an eel on a taut line and them chomps down to end the resistance it feels. If you drop the rod on the hit and feed it enough line, you can hook the smallest bluefish out there when it hits an eel. If you get them in the corner of the jaw, you can land them. If they get their teeth on the leader, they're gone.

[5/0]

Blue.


5/0

[FISHING4FUN]

Sounds like a bluefish to me.

I haven't fished this spot, but this has happened to me in some of my favorite spots.