Monday August 2nd Surfcasters Report

Over the week, the full moon made tides much stronger within the Canal, stirring things up for anglers. Along with these tides, small schools of mackerel were pushed into the West end where they searched for structure between the Rail Road Bridge and Bourne Bridge. Unfortunately for them, Striped Bass ranging up to 20 pounds made that extremely difficult. From mid to late last week, anglers on the West end enjoyed a morning jig bite, along with sporadic topwater fish as well. Slot sized fish seemed to be from the top to mid water column, while larger fish hung around towards the bottom. Ian from Red Top was able to make it out one morning and was able to land fish around 20 pounds all morning on a Green Mackerel Savage Sandeel. With the pattern we are seeing this year with the moon tides consistently bringing fish, I highly recommend you pack your gear up and mark the calendar for the next new and full moon. Tight Lines!