by John Johnson
Without a doubt nothing compares to the rush and excitement of seeing a sizable <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Cape-Cod-Night-Time-Striped-Bass-Fishing-Hot-Spots&id=6425360">striper</a> smash a surface plug at the Cape Cod Canal. Yet in terms of repeatedly reeling in large fish in the "Big Ditch," concentrating on working the deeper section of the land cut typically pays off in the form of big stripers.
Nevertheless one can not anticipate to just toss a jig, bait or lure any place in the Cape Cod Canal and anticipate to be compensated with plenty of stripers. The Cape Cod Canal has its own fish filled areas and dead zones like any other striper fishing area across the striper coast. Being able to locate the extraordinary precipaces, under water hills, rugged ledges and unyielding rips is vital to routinely catching keeper bass off the bottom of the land cut.
Bass flock to regions of structure like bees to honey. Frequently the fish will position themselves deep in a hole, or right behind a rock ledge. The structure disturbs the relentless current, much in the same manner a building blocks a strong breeze.
Customary striper theory declares that cow stripers use current blocking pieces of structure to attain a competitive advantage on food items. The powerful Cape Cod Canal current pushes all sorts of bait fish and prey items downstream. Crafty stripers regularly take position behind a piece of structure, then ambush prey as it tumbles in the current.
One of the simplest ways to locate locations worthy of fishing is always to pay close attention to differences in the surface water of the Big Ditch. Bass holding bits of structure will regularly produce disturbances in the regular stream of the current. More than likely, indicators to the area of the bass attracting structure exhibits itself as a wake, ripple, whirlpool etc. on the surface of the Big Ditch.
Trekking the banks of the canal, or better yet riding your "canal cruiser" down the bike path, and having a close eye out for differences on the canal's surface is a great option to at the least get an idea of where to cast a line.
Standing waves are debatably the most tell-tale clue to an underwater hump or gulley. If you notice a region with standing waves, the actual striped bass holding structure will likely to be positioned marginally up current from the waves. This holds true regarding any type of difference on the surface-the striper attracting structure is always slightly up current.
It is now time to zone in on the exact location of the fish holding structure. This may be done by fan casting a location with a jig or bank sinker. Be sure to use a jig or sinker hefty enough to arrive on the Canal's bottom despite the fast current. I typically start with four oz . and move heavier or lighter based on current conditions.
Cast your bait, lure or jig up current and maintain a close count on the amount of seconds it takes the jig to achieve the Canal's bottom. Needless to say the shallower the water, the more quickly the lure will get to the bottom-the deeper the water, the longer it will take.
To provide an example, one superb canal jigging spot that I frequent each May and June has a large prominent peak as well as a deep, steep gulley. 7 seconds is required to hit bottom on the top of the peak. Having said that when cast into the deep gulley, it takes my jig or lure 20 seconds to get to bottom. Thanks to the increase in the amount of seconds required for my lure or jig to reach bottom, I know that I'm succeeding in delivering my jig or lure smack dab in the midst of the strike zone.
Fan casting an area this way is going to be easiest in the last part of the west tide, slack tide, and also the beginning of the east or incoming tide.
The Cape Cod Canal is chock full of terrific jigging spots. Nonetheless normally it takes lots of time and energy to uncover the most productive spots.
Nevertheless if regularly taking large fish off the <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/trolling-the-tube-and-worm-with-braid">Cape Cod</a> Canal's bottom is important to you, then your effort expended in uncovering these prime fishing spots can be worthy of the time and energy needed to discover them.
Captain Ryan Collins fishes for striped bass and Bluefin tuna off Cape Cod, MA. Visit his blog, myfishingcapecod.com for insider tips about <a href="http://www.amazines.com/Boating/article_detail.cfm/3248695?articleid=3248695">Cape Cod Canal fishing</a> and giant tuna.
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Title: Tips on Locating Great Striper Hot Spots
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