They refilled the canal I live right by it hopefully they put back some healthy ones boys !

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Hoping!

@muddogtracker7449

3 ай бұрын

Don't think they stock the canals. Be careful, if SRP See's you in the canal, they can trespass you.. Years ago, they would let you drag nets... The only thing they wanted from us were the grass carp. To return after filling.. I have caught, four kinds of bass, walleye, all three kinds of cats and most in-between.. Netting back in the 70's I even got attacked by a muskrat... (12 stitches) he didn't make it....... I caught a 24" stripe bass (on a small orange panther martin) by 7th st. N. of Northern in N. Phoenix... ( right after Nov. refilling)

@dewaynemdc2433

2 ай бұрын

Where is this Canal

10:20 you found my bobber! I knew it would turn up!

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

No wayyy 😂

@fatbean69

2 ай бұрын

wheres this canal!!!!

I’ve been following you for a while and watch all of your videos and Porter’s videos too. Keep up all of your guy’s great content and your small business together. It’s just really sad to see all these good canals and other amazing fishing spots disappear right before our eyes. But I wish you nothing but the best and keep up the amazing videos 💯👊

@TheFishinMagician20

7 ай бұрын

Thank you a ton 🙏🏼 we’re trying hard out here! It really does suck. Got unlucky this year. But thanks for the support 🔥

@cameronanderson4861

7 ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 of course! I’ve been fishing since I was 2 years old and have fished for just about everything here in Az except trout and that is my goal this year. You have helped out a lot with all of your instructional videos. I can’t wait to see what content you have coming up next 😁

I was out at my local stretch of canal in Mesa a week ago and found that it was that time of the year again when the SRP drains the canals for annual maintenance. I wish I would have known ahead of time. I could have ridden out there and possibly gotten back a few of my favorite lures that I lost by snagging them on the trash that folks will throw into the canals. I haven't been out there since and I'm not sure when the water will be flowing again.

@kellybeaton8215

6 ай бұрын

SRP posts the maintenance schedule on their website

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Shoot yea I bet it’s a gold mine down there! Hopefully it’ll be flowing again soon

@timmontano8792

6 ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 Yea, when we were kids we'd beg our mom to take us to the river during these times of the year when they'd stop the flow on the Salt River. We knew that we'd be able to re-stock our meager tackle boxes with new fishing lures and hooks and occasionally a new fishing reel that had been lost in the river. We were just kids with no money to buy lures and our single mom didn't have the money to buy us fishing stuff but, gas was cheap back then and the drive to the river counted as a family outing.

Always great content!

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🔥

I think I’m going to do a desert fishing road trip next winter. I wanna get me some canal bass! Nice vid dude. 🤘🏼

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! They are soooo fun! Thank you 🙏🏼

Im fixing to head out to the south high line lateral to see if it’s got any fish tomorrow. Haven’t had a lick of luck in any of the community waters lately. Desert breeze and Kiwanis seem totally dead.

What fish in the canal will jump clear out of the water to eat a bug? One day I was eating lunch in my car at 32 street and Baseline. There is a bridge over the Western canal with a lot of spider webs or cob webs under the bridge. There was a large bug caught in one of the webs and he was trying to get loose. All of a sudden a big fish jumped clear out of the water and snagged that grasshopper of whatever bug it was!! I was amazed that I was right there at the right time eating my burrito and watching a fish eat his lunch too! What fish would do that?

Welp, at least you know what the bottom looks like.

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

I suppose lol

Loved the video!!! Wasn't expecting the MAN DOWN part 😂 but I'm guessing he wasn't either 🤣 Glad he's alright though. Can't believe they drained the canals, my heart breaks for you guys... And left those fish there to just die 😮 ohh... And question.. are you using a mic when you record on your phone (or device that's not the go pro) ??

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yea 😂😂 I use my GoPro audio

@FishingWithPorter

6 ай бұрын

I emptied my pockets beforehand cuz I’ve fallen in a few times and gotta be ready 😂😂 but yeah was not expecting it

@kennethstripling5927

3 ай бұрын

@hottmessfishin they are drained for maintenance

Duh, I was a ditch runner in Phoenix for SRP and we drain canals all the time for maintenance, still have some ditch runner maps lol

I just discovered your channel you guys ever catch bowfin in those canals?

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Nah we don’t have them here in AZ

I fished this and I'll never forget my net again

What canal did you fish at?

So they do this every winter and clean the canal put the actually net alot of the fish and move them to where im not sure but i do know they do this every year. Ive seen them pull 40+lb flats out. When they first drain it they walk a net along the sides super interesting to watch.

@beccareidy3880

6 ай бұрын

Also fantastic editing in this video gents well done.

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

I’ve heard yes. This is the first time I’ve seen it near me. Thats crazy! I’ll have to try and observe sometime. Thanks for the support!

I LOVE YOUR VIDIOES SO MUCH i live in the az area we should fish some time

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate ya 😎 I’m sure I’ll see you out there sometime

We’re is this located at?

I rode my bike in the canal around crossroads park while it's been empty. I was looking for a fishing pole I lost when I fell in.

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

dang that sucks ,looks like they refilled this one in the video now. Maybe that one is filled again too

Which canal is this

They drained some of the canals I fish on the west side too.How long until the fish come back???

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

We’re thinking a month or so 🤷🏽‍♂️

This happened to me 😭😭 in Avondale AZ

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Nooooo 🥲

@isaiahhernandez7584

6 ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 they was a school of flat head and channel in there they definitely don't get all the fish out

Where do they take the fish after they drain it out?

@TheFishinMagician20

2 ай бұрын

They move em to different sections of canal I believe

Third 😢im sorry i haven’t been on it lately lol

@TheFishinMagician20

7 ай бұрын

no worries your here!

They clean them every year.. They used to save some by netting them... Don't think they do any more.... On a good note.. they all come back when it's refilled....

where are some canal that are okay to fish before I go?

I bet 25$ Porter swam that day

@TheFishinMagician20

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@FishingWithPorter

6 ай бұрын

Bruh 😂😂😂 I ain’t betting nothing

@ErwinEdventures

6 ай бұрын

@@FishingWithPorter Bruh ill take that zelle

@FishingWithPorter

6 ай бұрын

@@ErwinEdventures 😭😭😭

can you send the location of the canal

it’s bad right now but i. the long term it will be way better trust me

Let me know if you go back for the koi it would be a great vid for your channel they don't need much a toat will suffice as long as you have a airator

How long do these usually stay drained??

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

a few weeks maybe a month or 2

@creekfreakmasterbaits

6 ай бұрын

I used to get SRP irrigation. It's usually only a month, mid-December through mid January. Any more than that and farms south of valley don't have any water for crops. Cleaning and repair of canals during the cooler months.

@bzwax21

5 ай бұрын

The south side gets drained around thanksgiving. North side around new years. It’s a yearly occurrence

@bzwax21

5 ай бұрын

Now they can shut sections off and use pumps so some sections don’t get drained annually

i live in yuma az but i would love to know where this is!!!

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

East valley brother

@franksanchez5597

5 ай бұрын

I new to Arizona. Where is the East Valley? Very cool videos. Are these fish okay to eat? Since your catching and release. Thanks. @@TheFishinMagician20

@emptybottleof151

2 ай бұрын

I have a tentative job offer in Yuma. If I get it, do you want to fish canals together? Ill bring the beer and gatorade.

Hey I live arizona city and we have a canal I think you should try

@TheFishinMagician20

3 ай бұрын

Sounds good shoot me a message

Are they draining it to clean it out?

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

yessir it has been filled again already

So the canals can be fish legally?

@TheFishinMagician20

4 ай бұрын

Srp canals yes

Get a bucket and a airator and rescue that koi at least man poor fish 😭

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Shoot man it’s illegal to transport live fish here. But I heard a rumor the fish are gone now. Hoping someone snuck them outta there

@mashukyreilight

6 ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 that's good hopefully someone brought the koi home after seeing this vid

@mashukyreilight

6 ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 I live in Georgia a fish species here in Georgia there's no size limit but there's a size limit in Florida since in Florida it's labeled as a game fish it's called the mangrove snapper

@mashukyreilight

6 ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 you mean on my fishing channel yes? Didn't know you subbed to that one

Dude they did a whole story about it they netted most of the fish out and moved them and they're doing repairs. They got to do this kind of stuff all the time

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Yea they do it every year to a different canal. Just crazy to see how many fish they leave

Why did they drain it

@TheFishinMagician20

4 ай бұрын

Cleaning

to all the local fishermen... do you fish the ponds over the canal this time of year?? if so why??

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Yes, canals really slow down this time of year, ponds stay full of trout

@jryderaz6024

6 ай бұрын

sorry for all the questions.. is it just a weather thing as to why??? or something else??? @@TheFishinMagician20

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

@@jryderaz6024 they cut the flows in the winter, and the canals fall about a foot. also combined with cold weather the fish slow down

is it to reduce sedimentation?

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

part of it yes. It is just to clean the bottom, replace concrete sometimes and unclogging drains mostly.

SAVE THE KOI

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

Legend says it was saved 🤷🏽‍♂️

@Doubleliprippin

6 ай бұрын

@@TheFishinMagician20 that’s what we like to hear baby

Firstttttttt

@TheFishinMagician20

7 ай бұрын

Got eem

First

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

dubs

Which canal ?

@FishingWithPorter

7 ай бұрын

Already asking spots and the video ain’t even drop 😂😂😂

@A10SHOTZ

7 ай бұрын

@@FishingWithPorterthat’s a problem? 😂 do u prefer canal fishing or pond fishing??

@FishingWithPorter

7 ай бұрын

@@A10SHOTZ I just find it funny. This time of year ponds but spring and summer 100% canals

@kuladoma3

6 ай бұрын

would you give up your favorite fishing😬 spot 🤫

Typical Arizonan behavior

Where is this at Im in arizona as well

@TheFishinMagician20

6 ай бұрын

I don’t remember crossroads but east valley