Fishing the Cape Cod Canal after the sun goes down is often an extraordinary and sometimes very eerie undertaking. There is absolutely no shortage of interesting characters, creatures and weird noises around the rip-rap after dark. Nevertheless if you'd like to radically increase your possibility of catching a substantial striped bass from shore, then hitting up the Cape Cod Canal after dark may indeed be for you. Some of the largest striped bass of the year are taken by anglers fishing during the depths of the night.
The night time angling at the Canal begins to crank out big fish with the coming of the first 20 pound plus striped bass. Frequently by Memorial Day big fish have settled back into the Canal-this is when the night time fishing truly begins to turn on. At this point of the season, night time outings can be a hit or miss proposition as huge bio masses of bass travel inside the Cape Cod Canal into Cape Cod Bay. Simply put, you could nail striped bass one night and then fail to entice a take the following night. The moment the next school of large striped bass swims in via Buzzard's Bay the angling turns on just as before. The best fishing seems to occur in waves at this time of the season.
Once summer rolls around the bulk of the striped bass base has settled into their warm weather haunts, which usually makes Cape Cod Canal fishing a great deal less hit or miss. It's quite probable to catch keeper striped bass every night of the week, granted you have the ability to zone in on the most productive fishing spots.
Most of the striped bass that happen to be captured in the evening are taken on bait, jigs and subsurface lures. Traveling down and up the service road, on the lookout for busting bass is of course not a possibility. Having a firm grasp on the productive tides and locations is a lot more vital when fishing after dark then when fishing in the day. Often times areas just down current of these hot spots are completely devoid of fish. Zoning in on exact locations is very important.
Focusing on spots filled with holes, ledges, gulleys and rips will dramatically enhance your prospects of tying into a big fish.
Fishing jigs right on the bottom in these zones, or swimming a lure or eel through a rip is a time-tested method to enticing a beautiful striped bass. Numerous Cape Cod Canal veterans prefer to cast artificial offerings when the tide is moving, and then change to live or chunk bait during slack tide. Some of the best striped bass ever taken in the Canal have been caught on a chunk of bait fished on the Canal's bottom during the course of a nighttime slack tide. Fresh menhaden chunks, mackerel and herring chunks all work well during the slack.
Subject to what the biomass of striped bass elect to do, fall at the Canal may be either excellent or disappointing. If a biomass of striped bass opts to move through the Canal on their southerly migration, then the fishing at the Canal will be stellar. But if the main body of bass opts to swim around the arm of Cape Cod on their migration, then Cape Cod Canal anglers will be out of luck.
However even during slow years fishing the Cape Cod Canal at night for striped bass during September and October can yield many significant catches. As always, concentrating on fishing the best Cape Cod Canal fishing spots during the best tide is the most important component for Cape Cod Canal striped bass fishing success. Finding these secret Canal fishing holes often takes a lot of time and effort. Yet the reward is often in the form of 20-60 pound Cape Cod Canal striped bass.
The night time angling at the Canal begins to crank out big fish with the coming of the first 20 pound plus striped bass. Frequently by Memorial Day big fish have settled back into the Canal-this is when the night time fishing truly begins to turn on. At this point of the season, night time outings can be a hit or miss proposition as huge bio masses of bass travel inside the Cape Cod Canal into Cape Cod Bay. Simply put, you could nail striped bass one night and then fail to entice a take the following night. The moment the next school of large striped bass swims in via Buzzard's Bay the angling turns on just as before. The best fishing seems to occur in waves at this time of the season.
Once summer rolls around the bulk of the striped bass base has settled into their warm weather haunts, which usually makes Cape Cod Canal fishing a great deal less hit or miss. It's quite probable to catch keeper striped bass every night of the week, granted you have the ability to zone in on the most productive fishing spots.
Most of the striped bass that happen to be captured in the evening are taken on bait, jigs and subsurface lures. Traveling down and up the service road, on the lookout for busting bass is of course not a possibility. Having a firm grasp on the productive tides and locations is a lot more vital when fishing after dark then when fishing in the day. Often times areas just down current of these hot spots are completely devoid of fish. Zoning in on exact locations is very important.
Focusing on spots filled with holes, ledges, gulleys and rips will dramatically enhance your prospects of tying into a big fish.
Fishing jigs right on the bottom in these zones, or swimming a lure or eel through a rip is a time-tested method to enticing a beautiful striped bass. Numerous Cape Cod Canal veterans prefer to cast artificial offerings when the tide is moving, and then change to live or chunk bait during slack tide. Some of the best striped bass ever taken in the Canal have been caught on a chunk of bait fished on the Canal's bottom during the course of a nighttime slack tide. Fresh menhaden chunks, mackerel and herring chunks all work well during the slack.
Subject to what the biomass of striped bass elect to do, fall at the Canal may be either excellent or disappointing. If a biomass of striped bass opts to move through the Canal on their southerly migration, then the fishing at the Canal will be stellar. But if the main body of bass opts to swim around the arm of Cape Cod on their migration, then Cape Cod Canal anglers will be out of luck.
However even during slow years fishing the Cape Cod Canal at night for striped bass during September and October can yield many significant catches. As always, concentrating on fishing the best Cape Cod Canal fishing spots during the best tide is the most important component for Cape Cod Canal striped bass fishing success. Finding these secret Canal fishing holes often takes a lot of time and effort. Yet the reward is often in the form of 20-60 pound Cape Cod Canal striped bass.
About the Author:
Captain Ryan John Collins is a charter and commercial striped bass fishing captain from Cape Cod, MA. Visit his fishing blog myfishingcapecod.com for insider secrets about the best Cape Cod Canal fishing spots and striped bass fishing techniques.
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