A Perspective

[Mike P]

There are many times during the course of a Canal season when I pass up the morning tides, even when I know they'll be tons of breaking fish.

I'd rather fish at night. Plain and simple. I like the (relative) solitude. I like the quiet. I like the fact that few people are going to crowd me, or cast over my head. I like hearing the water gurgling, hearing the nocturnal animals around the Canal, the fog, the sound of a fish rolling at the feet of a guy across the way. I like the challenge of catching fish on the bottom, or the unseen swirl and sudden take if I'm throwing a plug.

After catching tens of thousands of fish, I prefer to fish the way I like.

[JohnR]

I like the whole experience. Catching a lot of fish often is fun but working hard to catch one or two and sometimes even none, all when foggy and still and silent to the point of surreal, listening to plops and slurps is almost as good as it gets . Standing on a rock, leaning into the wind and foam for a slow pick is just as exhilarating as challenging.

I can remember nights of getting tons of fish but I also remember nights long, very long of boredom changed with viscous hammer of a first light crush.

Above all, I 'spose it is what you choose to make out of it.

[Backbeach Jake]

I'm not really sure if it's the fish that put me there. I believe that it's the whole experience, sights , sounds and smells as MikeP stated. The Canal is a completely different experience than the back beaches. I love them both at night.

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

i guess if you want to challange your self fishing,fish with no hooks on your plugs and see if you can land some fish.i am lucky enough to be able to fish every night from mid may till mid oct for the last few seasons and do so whether i am catching or not.i enjoy being outside and walkingthe beachs late at night. i also love to be out on the kayak during the day on days i don't work.my winters are spent skiing everyday that i can whether skiing is good or not.to be honest i could go all season without catching a fish as long as i had a few hits once and a while.to me fishing is all about the hit,not the landing.