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I’ve been scratching my head about that very question since.
I mean, Venice just seemed like the right choice after a cold front. Low river levels, stable water temps before and after a cold front, plenty of deep holes, ledges, rocks, moving water, and bait. All the ingredients needed for a great winter time fishing trip, just the bite wasn’t there!
I haven’t fully bought into the pressure theory yet, but @ShooterMcGrabbin has been very convincing lately.
Monday 1/12 the pressure was above 30.2 inHg and stayed above 30.2 inHg until it finally started coming down below 30.2 at ~14:00 PM 1/13. So we had high pressure all day.
I know that fish eating before a front is taught in 101, but I don’t believe the pressure is mentioned. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
I feel like the rising pressure before the front is what kicked their instincts into gear and told the fish to eat before the front moved through. Then with the pressure staying above 30.2 Monday and Tuesday it made the fish feel like the front was still moving through or maybe full. Not sure.
I really wish I could have fished Wednesday when the pressure was below 30.2 and dropping to 29.8 later in the afternoon to test this theory.
@Geremy just posted a fishing report about his trip down to Venice today 1/15 where he caught up to 40 speckled trout in PAL. The pressure for today started at 29.98 inHg at 0001 this morning and has been rising since, indicating a system moving through which, in this theory, is telling the fish to eat before the temperature changes again.
I’m not a Marine Biologist, nor have I really paid much attention to the pressure, but @ShooterMcGrabbin may just be on to something. Could just be a winter thing. I really don’t know.
