cannalbassboy

I've caught so many of those carp and they are a ton of fun to catch, I found out one day while fishing for catfish that the canal carp cannot resist hotdog. After finding that out there are just to easy to catch while the bass are sitting there sticking there tongues out at me. So thanks for the advise about the bass I'll have to try that out.

So far all that I've been able to catch bass on are Greg Stumps Roboworm 4 1/2" curly tails in bold bluegill, weightless or on a 1/8 ounce jig head hook. I've also had a little luck on small curl tailed grubs. I've gotten them to chase after some Zoom 6" lizards in chartreuse pepper, fishing them weightless as a top water bait, but they never strike them. I also T-rigged some craws the Yum 3 1/2" wooly buller in watermelon red. I have also tried a few other soft plastics with no luck, a booyah spinner, a hard plastic rapala swimbait that look like a little bluegill, which they chase but do not strike. Everything else I've tried has not worked. Sadly do to my budget I can only buy cheap Wal-mart tackle and only have a med. action 6'0" Whuppin'Stick with a Whuppin'Stick spinner reel that has a 5.1:1 gear ratio with 6 lb. test. Hope you can still give me some helpful advise with what I have.

I fish the SRP canal in Arizona just about everyday but i have only been able to catch a few bass out of it. I have been fishing the canal for about a year and I have become obsessed with trying to the catch big bass that i see in the canal everyday, but I have been unable to do so. The canal has a light flow, and it run from 3-7 feet deep. The water is usually a little stained and clear on some days. Almost everyday is a nice sunny day with temperatures going as high as 100-115 degrees in the summer, 65-80 degrees in the fall and spring, and 35-50 degrees in the winter. The canal walls are made of concrete with some cover ranging from tires, shopping carts, buckets, garbage cans, dead submerged bushes, and plenty of other things that shouldn't be in there. Even with all the cover the bass never really move to far from the flow gates. As far as life in the canal goes there is 1-7 in. tilapia, 1-5 in. bluegill, bass ranging from 4-17 in., there also catfish and a whole lot of carp. I don't see any crayfish or crawdads but I have seen bass caught on soft plastic craws, though I've never caught any on them. I've also seen different types of urban lizards around the canal. I'm looking for any advise, tips, or techniques you think might help. Anybody know something I don't, I'm all ears.

I fish the SRP canal in Arizona just about everyday but i have only been able to catch a few bass out of it. I have been fishing the canal for about a year and I have become obsessed with trying to the catch big bass that i see in the canal everyday, but I have been unable to do so. The canal has a light flow, and it run from 3-7 feet deep. The water is usually a little stained and clear on some days. Almost everyday is a nice sunny day with temperatures going as high as 100-115 degrees in the summer, 65-80 degrees in the fall and spring, and 35-50 degrees in the winter. The canal walls are made of concrete with some cover ranging from tires, shopping carts, buckets, garbage cans, dead submerged bushes, and plenty of other things that shouldn't be in there. Even with all the cover the bass never really move to far from the flow gates. As far as life in the canal goes there is 1-7 in. tilapia, 1-5 in. bluegill, bass ranging from 4-17 in., there also catfish and a whole lot of carp. I don't see any crayfish or crawdads but I have seen bass caught on soft plastic craws, though I've never caught any on them. I've also seen different types of urban lizards around the canal. I'm looking for any advise, tips, or techniques you think might help. Anybody know something I don't, I'm all ears.

A lot of people don't know that there are a lot of good sized bass in the SRP canal system and its perfectly legal with an AZ class A fishing license.The bass usually hang out by the flow gates. They also have "TONS" of carp some a little over three feet long, easy to catch to with a little chunk of hot dog. But SRP ask that you release the carp that you catch, they are stocked to keep the canals clean for better water flow. Who want to eat bottom feeders from the dirty canal anyways, their just a lot of fun to fight. So far the best stretch of canal I've fished is between 83th&Bethany Home Rd. and 91st&Bethany Home Rd.