I drove an hour and a half to launch at the Swan Quarter end of the Rose Bay canal and then idled up the 7 mile canal, went under a bridge that was so low my bass boat steering wheel almost did not clear and then kept going until I burned half my gas out. Had to stop and go back. All I caught was a 4 inch crappie and some dink brim. I was looking for the way into the west side of Mattamuskeet Lake. I found out later that there was a dike in the way about another 1/4 mile further so I would not have made it anyway. That trip was a bust. I went back after I found out there was a ramp on the canal on the west end of the lake but I was bass fishing back in those days and didn't care for crappie. I need to go back because that is a good canal for crappie but not so much for bass.CF