The blues that were abundant at the north end of the canal on Friday, traveled to the South end on Saturday morning, where they really got into them again. Guess who figurered they'd stay at the north end of the canal and got zip, LOL.
By Sunday, they moved into the bay, the north end had a few, I had one run for about a half hour where I caught 10.
By Monday, blues were hard to find anywhere in the canal. I managed 2, that was it. Even the boats in the river were having a hard time finding them, I don't think there's enough bait concentrated anywhere to hold them very long.
I did start seeing schools of rainfish in the Canal on Monday morning, I was watching them work their way up the canal wall. Also, the larger breeder spearing must be working their way in, though I didn't see any swimming, one of the blues caught spit this one up as he was being unhooked.
Stripers are being caught in the south end of the Canal, it's an early morning/late evening proposition, most are shorts, and the key baits are live herring, poppers, and plastic shad. I saw 3 caught on Sunday morning, and 3 more caught on Monday morning, all shorts. On dead water, you can see the stripers rolling all over the place if there's no boat traffic.
Friend of mine fished the river in his boat Sunday, late afternoon, they caught a bunch of blues, and 2 keeper stripers north and slightly east of the canal entrance. They were actually fishing the shallows just east of Treasure Island. One of the keepers caught was by his son, on a pink rattle-trap.
Water is crystal clear, hopefully warming up, and the cabbage is liveable except during fast running water. I can't find a weakfish to save my life, have not heard of any being caught in the canal yet either.
Garry
