May 19, 2012

During the Fall large schools of striped bass use the Canal as conduit to the south. Just like in the spring, bass use the Canal as a shortcut of sorts - a shortcut that just happens to often times be chock full of bait and prey items. Each Fall is ...

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eCourse 8 | The Cows of Late October and Early November
May 14, 2012

During May and June the Canal sees a lot of migrating striped bass. Big pushes of bass occur every week or so, with thousands of stripers moving through the Canal. The surface and day time fishing can be extremely good during this early part of the fishing season. ...

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eCourse 7 | Night Fishing during the Dog Days of Summer
May 5, 2012

A lot of folks, myself included, have lost tons of gear to the Canal's bottom. In some areas the bottom of the Canal is a jumbled mess of rocks, marine vegetation and who knows what else. I've seen pictures of entire tug boats sinking in the Canal, so one can ...

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eCourse 6 | How to Avoid Losing Gear
April 29, 2012

The Cape Cod Canal has some of the strongest tides on all of Cape Cod.During extreme weather situations the current inside the Canal can get cranking to almost scary speeds. It's always important to remain cautious when moving around on the Canal rocks when the tide is cranking-especially if you ...

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eCourse 5 | Understanding Tides
April 25, 2012

I'd be lying if I told you that catching a 40 plus pound striper from the Canal happens regularly. For me at least, any bass over 40 pounds is something special. Catching a 40 pound bass on a plug or jig casting from shore is no doubt much more difficult, ...

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eCourse part 4 | Tips on Targeting 40 Plus Pound Bass at the Big Ditch
April 22, 2012

Over the past few decades the Canal has become famous for it's bass blitzes. These are the days when thousands of fish invade the land cut, and feed aggressively on prey such as mackerel, menhaden and herring. If you are fortunate to get lucky, and happen upon such a blitz, ...

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eCourse 3 | Bass Blitz Breakdown
April 19, 2012

The Cape Cod Canal is a very interesting place to wet a line. Actually, I really cannot think of a more unique place to fish, especially from shore. In this section I am going to share with you an overview of the Canal. We'll take a look at the Canal's ...

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eCourse part 2 | An Overview of the Cape Cod Canal
April 18, 2012

If you are serious about learning how to catch striped bass at the Cape Cod Canal, then it's important to understand at least some Canal lingo.  On top of that, if you are hoping to blend in well with the regular Canal fishing crowd, then learning proper Canal etiquette is ...

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Canal eCourse part 1 | Must Know Cape Cod Canal Lingo