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I also forgot to mention: in the Jump on this day we did some experimenting.
We switched over from a chartreuse sparkle beetle to a Pink Champagne Matrix Shad on the HDS. They hit the pink more than they hit the chartreuse.
We then switched to a mega matrix. After that switch the bites lessened but the size of the trout increased. Zero throwbacks on the mega matrix.
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You are the man!
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And that’s all she wrote folks. Until next time Venice.
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I like your plan…. Mine is mighty similar lol. I’ll be there Thursday too in a red Ranger Bass Boat. I’m sure we will run into each other.
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Using this .kml file for this weekend. Thanks for sharing!
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YES
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I don’t disagree with that theory either. I think they’re all pieces of the puzzle. It sure would be nice if we could figure out the perfect wind, cloud cover, barometric pressure, and tide for waylaying trout. There’s gotta be a meteorologist in the group that can get us all learned up on this subject!
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Admittedly I have no clue how they feel the pressure drop either. The best understanding I have of it was said by Capt Charlie Thomason. He said that high pressure can be thought of as “thicker” air “pushing down” on the water. Low pressure is where that “thickness and push down” lessen up and it makes the fish “feel” better. Now, I have no idea if thats true or not, but it made enough sense to me to roll with that theory.
Now, getting to experience a bite like that during a dramatic pressure drop, I can say that in my experience that pressure drop had to have played a factor. These fish were fired up like I’ve never seen before. Even the 15” trout and rat reds felt like studs because they were fighting so aggressively.
I don’t think pressure makes a difference on whether or not you’re going to catch fish and I wouldn’t schedule my trips around it, but it 100% helps inactive fish get fired up. Only way I can say that is by my experience from this trip.
It was decently windy while we were there, got gusty at times but nothing outrageous. We were surrounded by storms and couldn’t see too far off in the distance.
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@JimSki Good luck down there. My first time fishing Venice was an entirely new experience and it ruined me in the best way possible. So be careful lol. If you want to post your plan/spots, I’m happy to give you some feedback to help you have a great trip
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Shoutout to @McLovin for that diagram by the way. Very good stuff. I’ve fished the spillway many times but that picture in my head definitely helped.
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Thank you Cliff! All it took was umpteen skunk trips to finally somewhat figure them out haha.
The water depth was 8-10 ft where we were catching them. In my planning during the week, I found an old post and diagram of the spillway current that @McLovin made. As he mentioned, a large portion of our fish came in the black lines in that little pocket between the wing dam and rocks.
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I AM DEAD
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Yep that was me! Feel free to come say hi next time. I saw your report, looks like you had a great day as well.
I read your report this morning and decided to go check out that area. Report coming this evening.
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That’s the one. You will be good to go.
