This is Artificial Lure with your November 14th Cape Cod Canal fishing report, straight from the banks and bridges where it all happens.

Sunrise hit at 6:53 AM this morning and we'll see sunset at 6:02 PM, giving us shorter days and that classic fall chill. It’s a low tide this morning around 4:41 AM, with high water swinging back at 11:22 AM according to Bourne Bridge tide charts. Air temps are hovering in the 40s, with overcast skies and a northeast breeze at 10-15 knots. Calm to moderate chop on the water—nothing you can’t handle if you’re layering up. [Tide-forecast.com] notes we’re in a period of low solunar activity, so pick your windows and fish hard when there’s movement in the Canal.

The Canal is feeling the tail end of the fall run. Stripers are still around—mainly schoolies with the odd slot fish mixed in—but we're well past the days of blitzes. Most of the action is just before first light or again at sunset. According to Canal Bait and Tackle, it’s the “hardy few” putting in the grind for rewards this week, and anyone scoring fish is working jigs slowly and targeting the deeper holes and edges. Muggy days have given way to cold winds, but that water still holds bait, and the stripers haven’t all bugged out yet.

The blackfish bite is steady, with tautog being pulled from the rocks along the Maritime Academy docks and Bourne side pilings. Most of them are in the 12 to 14-inch range but there are still a few keepers if you’re patient. A dropper rig with green or Asian crabs will get you bit. The tog bite has been best when the sun warms the shallows mid-day, so don’t sleep on that late morning window.

Bait-wise, fresh chunk mackerel or sea worms are your top choices for bottom dwellers. For stripers, the tried-and-true is a bucktail jig with a curly tail. Soft plastics like 7-inch Hogy Originals in bubblegum or bone have nabbed some early morning bass by Bell Road and the Power Plant. If you’re throwing plugs, stick to smaller profile SP Minnows or even downsized pencil poppers—blue, white, or olive. The fish are keyed in on smaller peanut bunker and silversides still hanging out in the Canal.

Truly, the action has slowed from peak weeks, but it’s not over. Over the last couple days, the hardcore crew has landed modest numbers: a mix of 20- to 28-inch stripers and a handful of decent tog. Still, On The Water and My Fishing Cape Cod both confirm: patience and persistence will reward you this late in the season. Don’t expect a pile of fish, but the ones you do get will feel well-earned.

Best bets for the day? If you’re after stripers, set up just east of the Railroad Bridge for the dropping tide, or walk down to the Sagamore end and work the rip on the incoming an hour either side of high. For tog, try the boulder field along the Scusset side or get in tight by the Maritime docks—both have coughed up legal fish this week. Hit them with crabs on a short leader and be ready for that telltale “tap-tap.”

As always, keep an eye on your footing—those Canal rocks are slick heading into late fall—and don’t forget to dress for the changing temps.

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