Fishing the canal and the cape

[dogfish]

The influx from Jersey has started. Like lemmings. I have been into some decent fish, but I'm taking the weekend off because it's getting a little crazy. Good luck everyone.

[dogfish]

To follow up, the traffic has been crazy since the comm season started. Also lots of plates from out of state. When did the canal become the only place to catch? Don't you folks have stripahs in your home waters?

[dogfish]

To all the report chasers coming up here. The striped bass have all been caught and put in coolers. Commercial quota is at 67%. Any fish left are floating down the canal by the idiots culling fish. Where are the EPOs when you need one? So there are no more stripahs, just lots of bait and peanuts. Nothing more I hate than report chasers. End of rant.

[blitzhunter]

I was there on fri. Caught a few stripers to about 17lbs. poppers. Some guys down from me got a much larger one. Looked like opening day of trout season. A real sh*t show!

[williehookem]

Saw the carnage on fb. No way I would ever fish close enough to another man to smell his sweat.

[Monty]

Saw the carnage on fb. No way I would ever fish close enough to another man to smell his sweat.

That type of fishing is not what I enjoy.
I like the solitude, either walking a sand beach in the early AM, fishing an inlet at 3:00 AM, hiking over rocks.
If people start showing up where I am fishing, I leave. I don't care how easy the fishing is.
I guess we each fish for a different reason. I use hot reports for other reasons, one is to not go there.

[seamonkey]

Wow, crazy, agreed.