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Cape Cod Canal Fishing Spots: The 10 Best Striper Hot Spots

December 3rd, 2011

The Cape Cod Canal is among the East Coast’s uppermost striped bass fishing hotspots. Montauk, NY may be the sole area on Earth eclipsing the Cape Cod Canal in terms of productivity and popularity with surfcasters.

The Canal is one of only several areas down the striper coast where folks fishing from shore consistently hook into 20, 30, 40 and occasionally 50 and 60 plus pound striped bass. Stories of bigger fish hooked and lost routinely filter into bait shops and online fishing forums.

Unfortunately there is an enormous learning curve with regards to consistently finding and catching big bass from the “Big Ditch”. Understanding the tides, techniques, and productive spots often requires decades of effort.

Sometimes it seems as if anybody who can toss a plug or jig greater than 20 feet can catch a significant fish out of the Canal. During the past few seasons these legendary bass blitzes have usually occurred throughout the spring. The striper fishing throughout these times is often fast and furious.

Yet for almost all of the fishing season, the sole fishermen hooking big stripers with consistent success will be the fishermen hitting the right fishing spots at the best tide. If you miss the tide, or fish a few yards in the wrong direction, you often miss the bite. This knowledge often takes many seasons of time and experience in order to acquire.

The majority of these hot spots feature some kind of bottom structure. Massive rips, gulleys and boulder strewn peaks carpet the full stretch of the Canal. Many of these spots feature significant depth changes of up to 25 feet in just a manner of a yard or two.

There is no scarcity of productive fishing spots along the Canal. I have a list of nearly twenty-five unique holes which I pick and choose from when creating a trip to the Canal. Yet I’d be phibbing if I told you that all of those holes fishes equally well.

The true secret to catching a lot of stripers at the Canal lies in the angler’s capacity to locate the best fishing spots. The most productive places in the Canal typically feature significant rips, holes, and rocky peaks that bass flock to like bees to honey. The following guide shows you the actual locations of 10 of the best Cape Cod Canal fishing spots. Just as essential, the guide explains which tides fish best at each and every spot. Diagrams, photos and yardages to the rip, gulleys, peaks and holes are also included.

It typically takes decades of experimentation in order to crack the Canal code and find which spots produce and which spots do not. Often times the difference between catching and not catching fish can be measured by only a few yards. The 10 Best Cape Cod Canal Fishing Spots eBook explains to you when and where you should fish according to the tide and structure at each spot.

The 10 Best Cape Cod Canal Fishing Spots eBook contains:

Accurate locations (to the yard) of rips, holes and rocky peaks

The exact yardage each rip, hole and rocky peak is from the rip-rap

Helpful diagrams and pictures showing the best places to cast from

Instructions on how to direct your cast in a spot that will bring your lure or jig through the strike zone

Info for the best tides for each and every spot and why particular tides produce more big bass than others

In-depth explanations of the structure situated in each spot

Head over to the My Fishing Cape Cod blog for your copy.

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Understanding More About Bicycle Seats And The Three Different Types

November 20th, 2011

The slow flow of traffic is a common scene especially during morning and late afternoon rush hours. As such, the use of bicycles as a mode of transportation is becoming widely popular today among students and workers, alike. Among the important parts of a bicycle that contributes to the preference of most motorists to this type of transportation is the bicycle seat. This part, which is now available in the market in a multitude of types, contributes to the cyclists comfort, or lack thereof, when cycling.

A three contact points of the bicycle to our body are the bicycle seat, the handlebars, and the pedals. Among these three, the bicycle seat, which is placed in a semi-reclined position, is the part of the bicycle that is designed to support the buttocks and the back when riding. This part often features adjustable height controls to allow the user to choose the best position that would provide him/her the best comfort when riding.

A bicycle seat has three main parts, namely, the shell, the cover and the rails. The shell is the part of the seat which creates the saddles shape. It has a rounded shape and is usually forward for most part. It can be made from different types of materials depending on ones preference. Most modern seats however have a hard shell made from a molded piece of plastic, such as nylon. Carbon fiber may also be used. The cover is the part of the seat which uses some form of padding like closed cell foam, gel, or gel-foam and is placed on top of the shell. It is followed by an outer covering which consists of Lycra, vinyl, artificial leather, or leather. Lastly, there are the rails which connect the seat to the rest of the bike. They run along the underside of the saddle from the nose to the rear. They provide fore and aft adjustment of the saddle and can be made of steel, titanium, aluminum, magnesium, or carbon fiber and may be solid or hollow.

Various types of bicycles seats are available in the market that one can choose from. They usually vary in their materials, width, and overall construction with each variation designed for a different type of person with specific sit bones and personal specifications. The most common type of bike seat is the racing seat. This features a narrow, lightly padded saddle that’s ideal for a pro cyclist’s riding position and fast pedaling. Secondly is the mountain bike seat which is also usually lightweight but is not as narrow as the racing seat. It has a little more padding to help absorb the beating you take on tough terrain.

The third type of bicycle seat is the cruiser seat which is usually heavy, wide, and well-padded and designed for casual or everyday riding. The ample padding of this seat type is needed by the riders as most cruiser riders sit upright and put a lot of their weight on their seat. Longer rides with this type of seat however can cause chafe inner thighs and uncomfortable riding. Finally, there are also the alternative seats which come in unusual new designs that increase comfort and decrease physical problems. There are some which have inflatable padding and others with articulated parts that can move with your body.

As mentioned, bicycle seats are among the most important parts of a bicycle that contribute to the popularity of these two-wheeled vehicles. As such, it is a must to carefully choose which type of bike seat would best suit for your biking practice.

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The Freedom Of A Boat Share

October 29th, 2011

A boat share is a wonderful way to have ownership in a boat that you cannot otherwise afford. You will have a part in the ownership, but not tied up with all the responsibilities of full ownership. You would own it along with other people, and it is a resalable asset as well.

Sharing an asset such as watercraft lends freedom to walk on and off it with few to no responsibilities with maintenance and upkeep. Also, in this type of plan, you can have a skipper included, too. The skipper is familiar with the sea, if you aren’t, so you can get a skipper if you needed to. With this type of asset, you don’t even need to worry about watercraft insurance.

A benefit from ownership is like owning the watercraft without the hassles of the upkeep and service fees. You own a piece of this without the hassle of owning it privately, yourself, which would require you to service and maintain it. If you wish to sell your portion, this is an asset that can be converted into cash.

When you get your plan, you can buy a cleaning service for the watercraft, so you won’t have to clean it yourself when you are done with your excursion. Buy this option, so that you will not have to worry about cleaning at the end of your trip. I would like to use this option.

If you chose the most inclusive options, you would then just pay for the fuel for the watercraft. That would be the best deal as you wouldn’t then have the other responsibilities, such as cleaning with the best plan there was offered.

The only downside that I can see with this is that you have to plan around the weeks that you can use the watercraft. It isn’t like you can just go out on the water whenever you feel like it. You will have to plan when you will book your time on the watercraft. A boat share is an excellent idea.

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