I was at the canal yesterday and there were a few herring in the run but not many. I did however see some cormorants trying to swallow whole herring to the left of the run but that episode was short lived so I don't imagine there were a lot of fish there. I f there were I think that more birds would have been on the feed. If I were you I would wait for better reports before making the trip.
Tight lines, soon I hope.
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