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Incredible. It’s wild how quickly you’ve become a seriously competent Venice angler.

What was the depth of the water at the first spillway when things turned on?

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Never ever. I am a people pleaser in most areas of my life but I turn into an asshole when it comes to noise on my boat, especially when it comes to hunting bigger fish in shallow water or pressured areas. Having said that, I have a buddy who often smokes the fish while blaring everything from country to rap. To me, id rather err on the side of caution when it comes to looking for bigger fish.

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That’s awesome! Like Frankie said, bring cheap jigheads for the trestles.

Also be prepared to have some rough days out there. Lake P will humble even the best anglers but it’s so fun when it’s on

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Well done! How was the traffic in the Lake? I’m worried about going out there after Chas posted the video of that toad lol

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“Most on top”…..You are speaking my language. Absolutely nothing better than that. Well done!

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I love the mid to upper level Lews reels. I put them through lots of really salty wade fishing and they have held up.

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Great day and that’s great to hear some are that far inside.

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You guys are animals and that trip was well deserved!

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I know this will be one of those debates that goes on for ages but it is always fun to try and hop in the brains of these ridiculous fish. I don’t doubt that there is a correlational but my best guess is that its not causal. Im assuming the other variables that are associated with a pressure drops have more of a direct impact (Wind, surface water disturbance, cloud cover, water turbidity). You hear a lot of the Lake P og’s saying that you have a better chance at catching bigger fish when the Lake is rough. They attribute that increase in feeding behavior to the wind but increasing wind speed is also correlated with pressure drops. The reality is with these fish is that so many things are up for debate because you cant control variables in nature. I think the unpredictability is one reason we love chasing these things.

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Was the wind picking up at that time as well?

I’ve gone back and forth with @ShooterMcGrabbin before and I’m still trying to understand the mechanism behind a fishes ability to “feel” atmospheric pressure change.

If I did the math right, a drop of 3mbar is equivalent to a pressure change of 1.2 inches of water depth. So if a fish moves 1.2 inches lower in the water column then it would feel that same pressure difference.

It doesn’t make sense to me that fish really notice atmospheric pressure changes but too many good fisherman over the years have seemed to correlate Atmospheric pressure drops with a good bite.

My best guess is there is an indirect correlation and the exact mechanism (maybe wind is one of them?) coincides with pressure drops.

It’s also possible I’m missing something with all of this. I immediately go to theory about pressure impacting the swim bladder/stomach.

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Let me know when you get the date. Duck hunting is taking up most of what little free time I have right now but hunting some slabs could have me trying to rearrange some things.

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Stop trying to blame barometric pressure and just accept the fact that you guys are some killers.

Lol in all seriousness way to crush them. Not many things make me rethink my duck hunting plans so congratulations on figuring out how to do that.

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Bingo. Suffix 832 20lb for casting and 10lb for spinning tackle.

Edit: for your line to hook knot, tie a “canoe man loop”. Super simple and quick so it makes changes baits easy. I know everyone has their favorite gear but I really think it’s the best leader to hook knot out there.

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Some spots around coquille that are worth trying

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Not going to lie……It was nice finally getting on some fish with a jig. The bite was almost non existent….like I would feel some tension, set the hook, and then they would barely fight. Still, I was happy to see some there.

Yes, this was from 11/07 lol. I swear my brain barely works anymore since having a kid.