First keeper of the year!!!!!

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

Good for you Tim
you did a lot better than I last night
I went for a few hours and jigged the middle, nothing at my first stop, then on the first cast at second spot had a good hit but then nothing after that at all.

maybe I'll try lighter jigs and closer in next time.

I use lighter jigs because I'm not looking to hit the middle of the canal.
The 1 oz. jigs get the lure into deep enough waters where I usually fish, and as the tide comes in, it just gets deeper.
The only problem I encounter (besides the occaisional weed clumps) is if the current is ripping through. Tuesday was the tail end of the new moon, and the current was strong, so my jigs were pushed through my drift pretty quickly. Fortunately the fish were cruising through that same area.