Make sure if you are on reservation land that you have a indian ,CRIT fishing license. If you do not and you get caught they can fine you and take your gear and vehicle. Be safe

@hgherb

2 күн бұрын

I have a regular fishing License. Do I still need the CRIT License if I'm doing catch and release?

Found your channel recently. Great content. Been watching non stop.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! Thank you

Thank you for the great tips Im learning how to fish. And your channel has been huge help. Ill use these tips to fish the in the imperial valley CA

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Awesome CA is where I’m from. Glad you learned some stuff!

Another great video, i tried walking following my bobber with the current yesterday and caught over 50lbs of carp and catfish, it was much more productive than sitting in one spot 😀

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Good stuff! Wish I had a cameraman to be more mobile but in due time

This was actually the best fishing video I’ve seen in a very long time, if not the best I’ve ever seen. Too many other fishing channels quickly devolve into: “Hey everyone, come watch me fish at another undisclosed location.” Or there is of course the other fan favorite: “Oooo! Watch me eat whatever I catch!” These videos grow tiresome very quickly. However, there was much more helpful information in this video than in perhaps 50 other videos from other channels. BRAVO!!!

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Hey I’m happy to hear it! I always try to keep things fresh as I totally get they can get boring. I try to show something new each vid. Thanks for your comment!

@WayTooSuppish

Ай бұрын

Agreed, very helpful, great information here. Awesome videos too man! Hey, I'm out in the surprise area and have a canal by my house. Do you think it's possible to catch catfish in this area to cook and eat?

It’s best to get NASTY while fishing. You know what I mean. Great tutorial.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Still one of the best streams ever 😂😂

Excellent video. I am planning to take up canal fishing here in Yuma and your video was VERY helpful. Thank you

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Good luck!

Very, very good video truly enjoyed it thank you so much.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you

Great fishing tutorial. I hope you inspire some young kids to go fishing. It will make a great difference for them to get out and enjoy nature and have fun. Be blessed. My friend.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

I hope so too! Thank you 🙏🏼

thanks for the carp tips. a local pond near me has some huge carp and koi, will try for them this long weekend

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Good luck!

Love watching your videos

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Glad you like them!🔥

Use to work right there at Amazon and I have caught a bunch of carp in that exact spot and when I would walk to work in the morning around 10 I would see no joke hundreds of carps and some that were massive!

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Its a good spot forsure

@BM-uy4xp

6 күн бұрын

Where is this canal located?

Forgot striper! I catch those out of the canals all the time. 👍🏽

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Since they’re only in a fairly small section or 2 I didn’t include them. I have actually never even attempted to catch one because of that. They are there but definitely not all over like these species are

@davidferguson5011

Ай бұрын

I have caught stripers on the Westside, best day was 4 over 3lbs

@lJoshAzl

Ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 I’ve caught them in Sdale and in Glendale. They aren’t as uncommon if you’re using the right bait! 👍🏽

@lJoshAzl

Ай бұрын

@@davidferguson5011 nice catch! 👍🏽

@yungyyee

Ай бұрын

@@lJoshAzlwhat’s the right bait? I’ve been wanting to catch a striper

Our list of fish from the canals so far is red ear, bluegill, tilapia, large, small and striped bass, common and grass carp, flathead and channel cats. We fish the canal that you have in your recent desert canal videos. Catching the panfish really is a struggle. Our most caught fish is small mouth bass.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Very nice! You never know what your going to catch

Thank you for the tips hitting canals tomorrow morning

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

How’d you do?

I always target striper where water churns probably my 3rd most caught fish after carp and bass. Definitely have caught many in the last couple years even more than catfish lol

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Yes striper on the west side in only a few sections I’m aware of

Great video. Might have to check the canals out

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

You should!

Great job Mork! Miss ya buddy.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Heck yea man thanks!

The flathead seems like a hard fish to find and catch. But there’s one fish that you missed. This fish is probably the most elusive out of the other species that live in the SRP canals. How they found their way there is a bit of a mystery And they are not easy to find or even catch for that matter. And that fish is… The striped bass

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Correct! And because of that very reason, I decided not to include them. I know of one maybe 2 canal sections that have them so I figured that was very scarce and not worth including. I haven’t even tried to target them myself actually

I appreciate the tips looks like I'm heading towards pheonix.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Heck yea good luck

Great video, man, thanks

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Of course man thanks for watching!

Great video

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

The way you use the bridges fishing is very smart. Fish love structure. Especially in a place like Arizona weather wise. Ty I like your stream. Too warm there to support Walleyes. Also, how do these canals fish during monsoon season?

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Oh yea the bridges hold a ton of fish. Monsoon season the fish is on! Usually at least. That’s fresh water into the ponds and canals gets them going a bit

You remind me a lot of Karl Von Dibble. Keep up the great videos!

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Hey mark! I’m new in arizona I just moved from Germany. I’ll watch you since I’m here. would be grate if you would do something like going fishing for a day with your community!! LETS GOO

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Welcome ! Germany that’s awesome. I will be having another meet and greet come October!

sweet! will be heading to Arizona next week. where exactly these canal at? what street? thanks for your advice.

Caught a flathead last year on a morning dawn roboworm in the canal next to kiwanis.😅

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

So sick 🔥

Hey, Mark! Great vids! I see you’re using a different cast net than I’ve seen you use before. Is this new one somehow better. I’ve been scrolling through Amazon trying to pick one. Thanks for any insight! Brian

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say better haha, just lost my other one and had to get another. Thanks for watching!

There are big catfish in the srp canal on power rd and the 202 east freeway under the freeway or behind the quick trip

I've only ever caught a single baby flathead by the canal near Adobe & Lindsay around 6 years ago. I've also caught yellow bass in the same canal as well.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

That’s awesome. Yes I heard crappie, yellow bass, and a few other fish used to be more common but due to overfishing they’ve dwindled

W video, was wondering if you could do a fly fishing canal video, something different but would cool to watch

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Haven’t fly fished the canals yet but I may if it fits another video idea 🔥

You should go fish the canal in Tempe by Kiwanis they have really big cat fish and big bass in them . Me and my daughter went other day and I got a 8lb channel cat and a 3 pound bass as well all on chicken liver !

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

I have fished that canal a fair amount! Always something cool in there!

Thank you!

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

I catch carp on the fly rod in that exact spot lol. Hopefully I’ll seeya there one of these days

@TheFishinMagician20

26 күн бұрын

Nice! I bet that’s a good place for that. Maybe sometime!

This is my exact fishing spot! 😂😂

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Nice!! its a pretty popular one

In Maryland, I've used shrimp, hot dogs, and even slim jim snacks for all types of catfish.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Heck yea I used to live in the DC area and fished MD a fair amount of times. The blue cats there are insane

Love the disclaimer @10:48 haha unfortunately need to do it on almost every video! Damn, 9 Times for the flats is crazy haha they are for sure very very tough in the canals!

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Never fails bro lol yea I was determined but this year I know it’s just not realistic lol. I’ll stick to the big lakes

Bomb spot, i got my first carp ever this same spot just a few hours ago

@readyforanything3

Ай бұрын

Where’s this one at if you don’t mind me asking?

@BM-uy4xp

6 күн бұрын

Hello . where is this canal located?.

Where did you get your net? Did you make it? Thanks

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

I went over that in the video brother

its now 110 for the next 4 months or so. whats the plan for the heat? btw, i did the free floating bread and it works. saw a fish position for the bite but i set the hook too early

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Nice! They bite in the heat too haha doesn’t slow down until they cut the flows around November

@lorenerman9335

Ай бұрын

The carp were easy to see because of the irrigation and really low water. I was at the grand canal. I'll try again later tonight

Wow brother..Az is like Fl without all the tropical fish in the canals..alot of water ways / channels..its crazy

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Yea right? Thats a good way to put it

Is there descent fishing in July? I’m traveling here for work, and trying to figure out if it’s worth fishing in 110-115 degree heat! Haha

@TheFishinMagician20

3 күн бұрын

Absolutely all summer long. 🔥

Is the water in these canals clean? It looks good. Can you eat the fish? Just curious

@WellDamn1

Ай бұрын

I'd say it depends on the location of the canal because the Phoenix Metro area is very spread out so there are a lot of canals and some canals are cleaner than others

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

I generally say no, the water is fairly clean coming from the salt river but in between going through the city with pollution and god knows what I don’t think I’d ever eat a fish out of the city limits

You should do a video fishing with Southwest Fishing that’ll be Dope seen you 2 fishing together 🤙🏼

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

We’ve done a few already! And we have another coming Saturday

@ActividadesOutdoors76

Ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 yup I saw that after my comment I saw the one you guys were fishing at salt river for trouts and you guys were in a hot spot cool videos Bro 👍🏼

Fish jumps right behind ya @1:50 haha

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

loool

You can usually find maps showing public and private land in your areas. Can be a bit of a pain, but some Google searches can do wonders. If you're ever unsure, then do your research.

@TheFishinMagician20

29 күн бұрын

Yea I’m sure that’s a good way. I just wish they made it easier like other states. Should be fairly common knowledge

@phaedrus12134

29 күн бұрын

@TheFishinMagician20 In Wyoming it's pure hell haha. Everything is square gridded, luckily a large portion of our state is blm.

What canals do you go to? Where do you park? Can you please list some locations. Thank you!

@TheFishinMagician20

29 күн бұрын

I just showed you how in this video😅 spread your wings and fly 🎣

why do you prefer to keep a short liter length from your swivel/weight? i noticed the bobber length was longer like 24 inches but your bottom rig setup was shorter? good job!!

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Good question! The bobber is longer so is sinking deeper into the water. Fish typically are about mid water column to on the bottom. With the bottom rig it’s already in the bottom so no need to worry.

Love the video bro isn't there stripers and those canals also??

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Yes there is! But here in the Phoenix area they’re only in like maybe 2 sections that I know of and in small populations. So I didn’t include them

@coloradocoinhunter6475

Ай бұрын

That makes sense bro 👍🏻

Hey I live in az and want to try to get familiar with salt river for trout, is there anyway we could meet up and you show me the ropes?

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Salt River is fun! I have a bunch of videos there. I don’t really have time to take people out like that

Another canal to go to is Glamis Sand Dunes. There are tons of catfish in the canals if your in the area. You can’t put your pole down that’s it’s that fast

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for the info 🔥

@EverettN1

2 күн бұрын

We love glamis gunna take the side by side out there soon

There are big small mouth, and rainbow trout too

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Never seen a smallie in the srp. Not recently at least. Trout I heard people get every blue moon

Carp love Shrimp too.

Dude you need to fish Florence az. I live there but haven't had any kind of I fo about these canals please let me know im dieing to get in there

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Haven’t tried there yet but it’s on the list!

They alway bite when you leave your pole😂

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

lol

Caught a 7lb. Cat on a smokey sausage link. Watched it swim by my bait. Catch a wif of the oil in the sausage and turn back to it.

@randybrodman3959

23 күн бұрын

Caught the 7lb. Cat in Lehigh,Mesa.

I throw a kvd 1.5 crawdad color sqaurebill catches catfish !

can you go to maricopa copper sky AZ also can we fish together

I have a question mark! Or anyone else with knowledge on the topic I have a small pond where I'm at in Tennessee and there is two absolutely MASSIVE catfish that are coming up eating off the lily pads and will only bite at floating things, I hooked one with a marshmallow but he broke my line and I haven't got him to bite since. What's a good floating bait for fish who are eating off the top?

@devinmaney2288

Ай бұрын

I should add, I've tried bread with no luck.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

try floating powerbait garlic scent, inflating a nightcrawler and letting it float on the top, or even some cheese if you can!

@devinmaney2288

Ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 thanks for the reply man! I'm going out soon and will try these options and see if I can finally get him!

@adanflores4523

Ай бұрын

Have you tried a top water frog lure? Seems like a good option

I always catch talipia on small roster tails

@TheFishinMagician20

24 күн бұрын

heck yea

Nice vid, Mark! I'd say with artificials and flies, panfish are easiest, followed by bass, then carp, then catfish... I only know a few guys who can consistently catch flatheads on artificials (which would be pretty epic)! Arizona canals .... 🤙🤙🤙🤙✌️🎣

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Heck yea definitely different using artificials only. Catfish I bet are a tough one on the fly haha

you ever catch bass with senkos in the canals?

@TheFishinMagician20

14 сағат бұрын

I throw swimbaits mainly and occasionally the dropshot. I know people that do well on senkos tho

Im in Yuma and ive never caught any carp - Mainly channel cat and bass -- and striper

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Yea the canals down there are definitely different

How do the talapia get into the canals?

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

I think they got in from irrigation ditches and then overpopulated. Not completely sure honestly

I here me talking on your phone 😂

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

I couldn’t play the first few seconds of that on video 😂

What about crappie do you catch them?

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

They fall in the panfish category they used to be more common in the canals but now they’re mostly gone I’d say

I catfish carp on Carolina riga

Yo man that first spot is right by my house i have fished there good spot. Definitely would like to meet up and go fishing lmk

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Yea it’s a great spot ! Maybe I’ll see it out there sometime

Can you please drop the spot or cross roads of this canal? please

Where do you get the minnows from?

@TheFishinMagician20

2 күн бұрын

Liars corner

Where does the Striper rank?

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Since they’re only in like 1 maybe 2 sections of the canal and I have never caught one here in the urban areas I don’t include them.

59th Ave and thunderbird I caught my 8lb large mouth

Corn n bread will catch carp and white amur in 30 mins

I wonder how many people drove their car into that canal 😮

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

So many lol

Are there stripe bass in these canals?

@abrahamgarcia1924

Ай бұрын

There are strippers in the canals specially the ones in Scottsdale ! I live here in phx as well and I fish all over the place here !

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Yes there are, but I have personally not caught one here in the urban areas and I’ve heard they are only in like one maybe 2 sections of the canal. So I figured I’d leave em out if this vid. Its more geared toward beginners and species your most likely to catch

@soupman7274

Ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 That would be a great video to make :)

Sally. The brown fish.

Striper tilapia and channel caught on white Mr twister flathead on night crawler

Would you eat a catfish out of that canal?

@TheFishinMagician20

4 күн бұрын

nah from the urban ponds after a fresh stock i would tho

Do you need a fishing license to fish the canals?

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Yessir

No way he hearts me

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Waaaaay

2:24 got fish jumping out the water behind you

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

👀👀

What about bluegill

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

They fall under panfish

Hell yeah dude. You going to watch out for all the homeless people that are going to try to get over on you on the west side

@TheFishinMagician20

13 күн бұрын

lol I don’t fish there often. I’ve never had an issue with them actually. But if they want they can F around and find out 😅

Hello

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Yo

Lets gooooo

Yesirr this video was probably my 1 or 2 favorite hey brother do you think I can get a shot out I’m at 91 subs i fish in Chandler I hope one day I can see you while I’m fishing🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Thank you man. I don’t do shoutouts, it’s better to grow organically anyway. Keep at it!

@Bigwillfishing

Ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 OK I understand man I appreciate that and will do 🔥🔥 thanks man

First!!

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Dubs!

First you say it is a Grass Carp, then you discribe a Mirror Carp. Did I miss something?

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

yessir grass carp, amur carp. i pronounced it uhmeer some people say aymur

If there’s minows does that mean there’s fish in canals

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Not necessarily

Bass guys like what? 😛🤣😂

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

The bass guys man they go crazy for Any bass here it’s INSANE 😅

@SICBOI808

Ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 duddeeee I love your videos

Corn does not kill carp, as they can digest it effectively. In fact, carp are attracted to and consume corn. However, the juice found in canned corn may contain preservatives or salt that may deter carp

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Correct

I wanted to give more specifics about trespassing law in AZ. True, there is no requirement to have a sign stating no trespassing in AZ. Also true, if a property is not gated, it is pretty much fair game. The comment where you said, 'you could be treapassing and zero way for you as a citizen to find out if you are," isn't completely correct. A reasonable person generally knows if they are trespassing when they are some place they know they should not be (nuclear generating station, police station, water treatment plant, railroad track, hiding in ex-girlfeinds closet), even if there was no sign and the door/gate was left open. If someone is sitting in your front yard (no fence) and there is no - no trespassing signs, they are not trespassing. If you tell them to "get off my lawn!" and they don't leave, then they are trespassing because they've been given reasonable notice, by you, verbally. Put that same person into your backyard and it's got a fence around it, then they are trespassing even without telling them. Even with no sign. It's all about reasonable notice. It comes down to either you need a barrier of some kind (even a red velvet rope?) or something else that lets people know that they do not have permission to be there (a sign/verbal notice). Basically, if you have to walk through a gate, or door, climb over a fence, squeeze between two sections of fence, cross the red velvet rope, you're obviously trespassing. Otherwise, you have an legal argument that you weren't given prior reasonable notice that you did not have permission to be somewhere. The CAP canals are usually fenced in pretty good and the RWCD canals are signed everywhere. It would be hard to argue that you didnt see the signs. So go forth and fish! Most likely you'll ne good. Because if your trespassing, you most likely already know it.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Great info 🔥 yea absolutely there’s some section 1000% gates and not allowed. But man sometimes there’s these little dirt roads I follow, I start fishing and an hour later a truck rolls by and says hey no fishing here. I say I didn’t see any signs , and they say yea we got one a mile up the road 😂 crazy. In CA private property has to be posted every 25ft I believe

5:19 you just gave me PTSD

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Lmaoooo

Keep in mind some of those fish in the canal system are protected and heavy $$$$ go with them.. And you need a fishing license to fish the canals.. And they are enforced $$$$

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Correct I mention they are protected in the video

Why don't you provide actual locations? Such as recently you were at a mountain lake and that is all we know.

@mangquellhayes7298

Ай бұрын

Probably to prevent over crowding that area and pounding that area hard. I hate to say it but allota folks who fish don’t treat the area or fish right, so long as they land the biggest fish for FB or the gram what happens outside doesn’t really matter. I’ve seen it to where a really good spot for bass get ruined because someone posted the location and tons of people swarmed the area. If you are really curious on where he fishing look up all the canals aforementioned on his video on google maps you’d be suprised how easy it is to get to the spots he’s fishing.

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

What he said below. People unfortunately can’t be trusted to release the fish, not pressure a spot, or tell others about that keep. Pretty soon spots gone

I thought arizona law only allowed one pole per person, you would be ticketed if you have two poles, plus your fishing privileges could be revoked for life, if you get caught more than once.

@patrickvigil877

Ай бұрын

It's on page 3 of the regulations, note #2, any valid license allows you to fish with two rods simultaneously

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

2 rod limit here, not sure where you heard the one law limit

@adanflores4523

Ай бұрын

Read the book man it’s 2 per person, you sound dumb asf rn

@creekfreakmasterbaits

Ай бұрын

Used to be a rod limit without a 2 rod stamp, but that went away years ago. Now every license includes 2 rod ability.

Says, get a rod holder but leaves the rod laying down unprotected 😂🙄

@TheFishinMagician20

5 күн бұрын

To this day never had a rod pulled in in the canals lol. Just gotta manage drag. Most people tho don’t know that that’s why I suggest the holder lol

i wouldn't eat any of those fish...I like my liver tyvm

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

lol I never eat em but people do

@dasautodetailing

12 күн бұрын

Why not? I been thinking about fishing these canals. But don’t know about eating them, but it is lake water before it gets processed to drink?

@raymorphis5714

5 күн бұрын

@@dasautodetailing the stuff they spray on the fields washes to where ? think about it for a little while.

no bigger than 4' on cast nets last I seen

@TheFishinMagician20

Ай бұрын

Correct

On my mamas account 😂 but i catch nothing but tilapia in the canals i only use worms 🪱 or nightcrawlers

@TheFishinMagician20

9 күн бұрын

Shoot that’s wild! They’re always picky for me