A little late, but I fished the canal last Saturday from my kayak. I hit the incoming swing from about 7am to 11:30. The water seemed to be quite dirty (anyone know why?) but I saw quite a few fish around, many jumping within a few feet of the shoreline.
I landed several SRC, one Coho about 20 inches, and a crab (while f'ing around with my anchor). I hooked a very solid coho, probably 7-8# just as I was heading home but lost it right at the net, ugggh. Hoping to get out again this Saturday if I can swing it with the wife.
Funniest thing was how the handful of boats reacted when I hooked 3 src within 10 min. Those that were trolling out at a couple hundred feet from shore zeroed in on me and started cruising much closer to where I was anchored. Some even came within 15 feet of me while I was actively casting & had to pause for them to go by. They weren't causing a wake or anything but it still seemed pretty aggressive. I tried to explain that I hadn't been hooking coho but it didn't seem to matter...
