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Old 04-27-2009, 02:47 PM   #1
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I'll bet it's closer to 10 days. Sometime between 5/5 and Mothers Day for decent fish. 40" fish will be here by Mothers Day if the past is any kind of teacher
There will be single large fish taken within a week no doubt. I've gotten good ones(20#) as early as May 2, but I'm talking about good numbers of good ones. I did get my biggest canal fish ever on May 19, so who knows. Three weeks from today is the 18th, so I'm probably starting up around then.

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Old 04-27-2009, 03:00 PM   #2
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This year, the Canal is going to be a ZOO, all those fish last year will draw crowds from far and wide. My buddy was talking to the guys at CMS and they said that the orders for canal sticks have been through the roof... not even close to any other year. There's a lot of money riding on the return of those macks.

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Old 04-27-2009, 03:08 PM   #3
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This year, the Canal is going to be a ZOO, all those fish last year will draw crowds from far and wide. My buddy was talking to the guys at CMS and they said that the orders for canal sticks have been through the roof... not even close to any other year. There's a lot of money riding on the return of those macks.
The canal was my go to place last summer. Yet the above statements just add to why I'm getting a kayak.
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Old 04-27-2009, 03:29 PM   #4
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This year, the Canal is going to be a ZOO, all those fish last year will draw crowds from far and wide. My buddy was talking to the guys at CMS and they said that the orders for canal sticks have been through the roof... not even close to any other year. There's a lot of money riding on the return of those macks.
And it will probably work the same way as the upper bay last year, it did'nt happen the same.

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As long as everyone goes home when the sun goes down I won't have to care about Canal crowds...
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Old 04-27-2009, 08:48 PM   #6
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As long as everyone goes home when the sun goes down I won't have to care about Canal crowds...
Bingo--I already have plans to be out of town on Memorial Day weekend.

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I'm watching the 11pm news and there is SWINE FLU in the Canal. It will be there for the whole year until 1st snow. Once it snows it will go away and be back in May 2010. Please stay away from this place at least until Jan to be safe. Even the fish passing through have the FLU. It's not safe. Also all of RI is shut down. You do not want to fish RI until I post again regarding this concern. Sell all your gear real cheap on this site and buy freshwater gear since the FLU doesn't affect ponds or freshwater streams.
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And it will probably work the same way as the upper bay last year, it did'nt happen the same.
Yep, that's exactly what I said. Nothing ever happens twice, even when you can't come up with a reason why it shouldn't (love that saying)

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