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.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine