I hear ya canal mike. I'm going to my usual spot tonight. and yes bloocrab, they were the ones swimming the edge of the rocks on the bank. around 5-6 foot depth from what I could tell. but it was getting late( or early?) and was just wanted to feel a little action on my pole. it's been a while
There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot. Steven Wright
Thanks for all the help. The one I did catch from the general slurp/splash area was a small guy but its tough to walk away from those splashes. I tried the mag darter as its a favorite of mine and not just for small fish but no luck. God advice to walk away and fish deeper in the rips than waste time on small guys. Like some have said though confidence comes with numbers of smaller fish though and as a fairly new canal angler it does help. That big bluefish really made me think I am at least doing something right.
That's why I put the at the end the sentence........tough to leave fish to try and go find fish,,,, for me anways, but obviously we all fish for different reasons.
...it finally happened, there are no more secret spots