Vacation starts at sunrise. 11 days of fishing weather permitting. Spikes or no spikes for ditch?
That SP minnow is one of the best lures for the canal......and at 9$......price cant be beat. If someone asked me...what should I bring to the canal........ I'd say.....U NEED a green mac savage sand eel.....Yeah.... I'm on their staff...so you think I'd have to say that. NOT TRUE......this has EASILY been my number one canal producer and I fished them hard way before. 1...savage sand eel 2... sp minnow in silver or green mac 3... white bucktail 4... canal style (flat bottom) wooden pencil popper.........Maybe spend a lil extra on this one.... get something nice ( guppy,lefthook, etc) Head to the canal with these 4 and you should really be looking good. If I could only pick one...... Savage sand eel.... It can be jigged...or just bounced.........can be swam in at mid column......or u can reel it in right on top.
That SP minnow is one of the best lures for the canal......and at 9$......price cant be beat. If someone asked me...what should I bring to the canal........ I'd say.....U NEED a green mac savage sand eel.....Yeah.... I'm on their staff...so you think I'd have to say that. NOT TRUE......this has EASILY been my number one canal producer and I fished them hard way before. 1...savage sand eel
PIGS are almost NEVER found on top......... I only have one fish under my belt over 40# from top water...and that just happened last year. If u want large...... go deep....... when the canal is boiling with fish and everyone is catching on top..... I'm below them....... looking for the larger of the school!
Colby, have you ever tried the Bill Hurley soft plastics. He has one that looks alot like the Savage Eel, but much cheaper.
That holds true only until one point in a canal fishermans career. When they fish next to capedeer/fish and see the difference between a 15# top water hit on a pencil or seeing colby pull multiple 30#+ right next to you on jigs. Same school just a very different but proven big fish tactic.Kids a dedicated fishing machine.Glad I am lucky to have time on the ditch with him.Keep it up brother!
Colby I am headed down there Thursday night till Sunday. Any chance we could meet up and you can get me my first ditch stripah?