Fishing the Cape Cod Canal after dark can be a unique and sometimes downright spooky experience. There is absolutely no scarcity of intriguing characters, critters and strange noises down the rip-rap once the sun sets. Even so if you'd like to radically increase your likelihood of catching an immense striper from the Big Ditch, then fishing the Cape Cod Canal during the night may well indeed be right up your alley.
The night time angling in the Canal really starts to produce with the coming of the very first keeper-size striped bass. Typically by the end of May huge stripers have settled inside the Canal-this is when the night fishing really starts to first start. At this point of the season, night time outings are typically hit or miss proposition as major packs of striped bass travel through the land cut right into Cape Cod Bay. Put simply, you might land big fish one evening and then not even generate a single bite the following trip. As soon as the next wave of large stripers moves in via Buzzard's Bay the night fishing switches on just as before.
By the end of June and early July the night time fishing will become much more consistent. The greater part of the striper population has settled firmly into their summer season haunts, which makes Cape Cod Canal fishing a bit less hit or miss. It is highly possible to catch significant fish any night of the week, if of course you can zone in on the most productive fishing spots.
Nearly all of the stripers which are captured at night are taken on bait, jigs and subsurface lures. Traveling up and down the bike path, hunting for busting striped bass is obviously not an option. Having a solid understanding of the best locations and tides is far more vital when fishing the Canal in the evening then when fishing in the daytime.
The the vast majority of huge stripers hooked through the night are taken out of holes, rips and near sections of structure. Fishing these regions will radically boost your prospects of tying into a keeper sized striped bass.
Bumping jigs directly on the bottom in these spots, or swimming a lure or eel through a rip is a surefire means to catch the attention of a big bass. A lot of Canal fishermen opt to cast artificial lures when the tide is running, then turn to live or chunk bait during slack. A handful of the largest stripers ever captured in the Canal have been hooked on a piece of bait fished on the bottom during the course of a nightime slack tide.
Contingent on what the fish elect to do, autumn at the Cape Cod Canal may be either excellent or discouraging. If a bio-mass of stripers decides to move through the Canal on their migration south, then the fishing at the Canal will be excellent. But if the main body of fish decides to swim around outter Cape Cod on their migration, then Cape Cod Canal anglers will be out of luck.
Having said that, even during slow autumns fishing the Cape Cod Canal at night for striped bass during autumn can yield many size-able stripers. As always, concentrating on hitting the right Cape Cod Canal fishing spots during the best tide is the most crucial element for striped bass fishing success.
The night time angling in the Canal really starts to produce with the coming of the very first keeper-size striped bass. Typically by the end of May huge stripers have settled inside the Canal-this is when the night fishing really starts to first start. At this point of the season, night time outings are typically hit or miss proposition as major packs of striped bass travel through the land cut right into Cape Cod Bay. Put simply, you might land big fish one evening and then not even generate a single bite the following trip. As soon as the next wave of large stripers moves in via Buzzard's Bay the night fishing switches on just as before.
By the end of June and early July the night time fishing will become much more consistent. The greater part of the striper population has settled firmly into their summer season haunts, which makes Cape Cod Canal fishing a bit less hit or miss. It is highly possible to catch significant fish any night of the week, if of course you can zone in on the most productive fishing spots.
Nearly all of the stripers which are captured at night are taken on bait, jigs and subsurface lures. Traveling up and down the bike path, hunting for busting striped bass is obviously not an option. Having a solid understanding of the best locations and tides is far more vital when fishing the Canal in the evening then when fishing in the daytime.
The the vast majority of huge stripers hooked through the night are taken out of holes, rips and near sections of structure. Fishing these regions will radically boost your prospects of tying into a keeper sized striped bass.
Bumping jigs directly on the bottom in these spots, or swimming a lure or eel through a rip is a surefire means to catch the attention of a big bass. A lot of Canal fishermen opt to cast artificial lures when the tide is running, then turn to live or chunk bait during slack. A handful of the largest stripers ever captured in the Canal have been hooked on a piece of bait fished on the bottom during the course of a nightime slack tide.
Contingent on what the fish elect to do, autumn at the Cape Cod Canal may be either excellent or discouraging. If a bio-mass of stripers decides to move through the Canal on their migration south, then the fishing at the Canal will be excellent. But if the main body of fish decides to swim around outter Cape Cod on their migration, then Cape Cod Canal anglers will be out of luck.
Having said that, even during slow autumns fishing the Cape Cod Canal at night for striped bass during autumn can yield many size-able stripers. As always, concentrating on hitting the right Cape Cod Canal fishing spots during the best tide is the most crucial element for striped bass fishing success.
About the Author:
Captain Ryan Collins fishes for striped bass and Bluefin tuna off Cape Cod, MA. Visit his blog, myfishingcapecod.com for insider tube and worm.
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