Canal bikes- yea or nea

[riverrat2]

Doubt it helps me catch more fish, but at least it makes me look like I know what I'm doing. I bet flaptail knows the answer

[bart]

Originally Posted by riverrat2

Doubt it helps me catch more fish, but at least it makes me look like I know what I'm doing. I bet flaptail knows the answer

i think the only advantage to having a bike(from my limited experience, or lack there of) is that if a school of 40# fish start blasting mackerel 50 yards down from you, the biker is obviously going to beat you to that spot...

[Flaptail]

For years in the eighties I haunted the canal, day and night fishing commercially it was a reliable place to score (especially on eels at night).

I never used a bike, I tried it a few years back and didn't care for it.

One it was another thing to lug around in the truck and worry about, once I got a flat at one end which was not the end I parked at.

A bike makes you want to move when sometimes you should stay, like this past weekend I stayed in one place for two mornings while Stiffy, on his bike kept coming and going. I did better staying put in an area I knew had several things going for it like drop back bait, and fry which attracted other larger bait.

I did way better staying put then chasing breaks. I admit sometimes it works but for the most part if you have good intel and know how the canal works, you can fish one or two spots by foot and do just as well.

It's personal preference. For better without it. Keep it simple.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

A bike makes you want to move when sometimes you should stay, you can fish one or two spots by foot and do just as well.
For better without it. Keep it simple.

Couldn't agree more.
Don't worry about the snide comments from the young fellows, I'll take the leather strap to them next time I see them and remind them to respect their elders.
They're coming around slowly, still punks but good kids. They do respect the elvers though and that's what's most important to me.

[afterhours]

can't beat the mobility imho, plus the exercise factor....