The BEST Day Ever at the Cape Cod Canal - fishing with my friends, a group of 9 of us all landed big, quality striped bass! We started at the West End and chased the stripers the length of the Canal!
Special thanks to all of the group for contributing videos and images to help make this video!
A number of things combined together to make this the BEST Day Ever (for me) at the Canal:
1. I was fishing with a great group of guys, almost my entire circle of Canal fishing friends, sharing this morning with all of them made it so much better!
2. Everyone in the crew landed quality fish and numerous fish!
3. We landed fish on jigs and top water!
4. The action was non-stop from when it really got going through the morning!
5. The chase was on - we were able to follow the fish the length of the Canal which made the adventure all the more fun!
The crew included: Rob, Mike, Oscar (@oskee007striperlife), Aurelio (@lefteyelures7513), Chet (@ChetZingg), Chad (@Knight-fishing), Jeff (@bloodlinefishingadventuresllc), Danny & me. We arrived early to our planned location and locked down a nice spot. We did have to contend with a big crowd, numerous crossed lines and hang ups, but with a big group we were able to establish a good rotation which led to us all catching fish. As the bite started to die down at the West End we then started moving, staying with the fish. We stopped at various spots and someone from the group landed fish at each spot we stopped. It made for a fun morning of cruising down the Canal on our bikes.
The bite started down low with jigs, including some nice fish in close, but then as the tide turned the mackerel scattered and a top water explosion led to hours of working pencil poppers and catching fish. ALL of the top water fish I landed were on my trusty Left Eye Lures white, flat bottom pencil popper coming in at 7" and 3.5oz.
Rod 1: ODM Jigster, 11', 4-10oz
Reel 1: Shimano Saragosa 14K
Rod 2: TFO 10'6", 2-6oz
Reel 2: Penn Slammer III 6500
Line: Pro Power braid 65lb
Leader: Seagar floro 60lb
Lures: Left Eye Lures, flat bottom pencil popper, 7", 3.5oz, white & Savage Sand Eel, 5.33oz, green mac
Belt: ZBelt
Bag: Zbelt
Hat: Tilley (it floats!)
Shirt/ Pants: Columbia
Footwear: Korkers w/triple threat spikes
Bike: HeyBike CityRun
8 авг 2023
