[Devin]

I’m confused. Was this fishing trip from February of last year?

Also, I’m pretty sure those guys are driving over from Pearlington. I could be wrong.

[Devin]

You did that in some pretty impressive wind, too.

Unstoppable! I love it.

Great work. I love it when you post a fishing report because I’m going to read about a man that is just not taking “no” for an answer. Excellent angling.

I do wonder where the smorgasbord of trout went. Further upriver? Into the marsh to still water? Where dey at, tho?

[Devin]

Man, I was not optimistic for you at all. Not at all. Way to go against the grain and make it happen anyway. Much respect.

I think getting out of Tiger/Grand and off the river was the move to do. I’m guessing it was rough and a wet-ish ride. But worth it.

I’m glad you found them. Sometimes during winter there tends to be a bite later in the day. Old timers told me it was because it gave the fish time to warm up. I’m not so sure about that, because I’ve definitely caught old school limits of 50+ trout first thing in the morning on ridiculously cold mornings after a cold front. But sometimes it’s worth to stay out all day.

Do you think those trout were chewing at the front of PaL all day?

[Devin]

“I know that fish eating before a front is taught in 101, but I don’t believe the pressure is mentioned.”

It’s actually mentioned here beginning at about the 45 minute mark.

I don’t believe that air pressure is a significant factor for good fishing, if at all. One day, when I’m bored, have nothing to do and want to do something more fascinating than watching paint dry I will compile all of my fishing trips and you will see:

• great fishing trips when the pressure is above 30″
• great fishing trips when the pressure is below 30″
• great fishing trips when the pressure is falling or rising above/below 30″

You will also see:

• awful fishing trips when the pressure is above 30″
• awful fishing trips when the pressure is below 30″
• awful fishing trips when the pressure is falling or rising above/below 30″

There’s just so much more that goes into catching a limit of fish and if I thought air pressure was such a deal breaker don’t you think I’d have planned my trips around that? Why do guides still launch in the morning if the air pressure doesn’t fall until some time later in the day? Why does anybody in a fishing tournament bother with the hazards of blastoff when they can eat a burger at the dock and wait for the air pressure to do something?

I’m inclined to think that air pressure merely changes the same time other things happen, like overcast weather (a la Buck Perry).

I also do wonder if air pressure can cause phytoplankton to rise/fall in the water column, causing bait to move and causing fishing to turn on. I think there’s something to that that is worth investigating.

Last, but not least, I do think that we didn’t catch a limit of trout on Tuesday because we did not find them. Fish have tails and they move, even in Venice.

Thanks the stars that @Geremy whacked ’em yesterday, because that’s proof the fish are still down there. We did try PAL, but it was a half-hearted attempt late in the day without a loaded GPS and properly functioning sonar. If I had my boat and the whole day I probably would have found those fish. Much easier said than done, of course.

[Devin]

@Boyce @ShooterMcGrabbin

It wasn’t just us!!! This is what’s great about fishing reports: being able to compare notes.

John, great report. What do you think had the trout in a funk?

I also saw a lot of fish at The Jump on the graph, but they just weren’t giving it up.

[Devin]

Interestingly enough, we fished the same day and it was also tough.

What constitutes a good trout report in Hopedale?

[Devin]

Generally the way mapping cards work is like this: you put them into the graph, it automatically detects it and in order to keep using the card you must leave it inserted.

On some graphs you may need to manually select the card.

As for anything more specific than that, I do not know. I do not own or use or have used those specific pieces of equipment you mentioned.

It’s not a bomb. You can poke around the menu to find what you need. That is 99% of what I do and it’s gotten me by the last 20 years. lol

[Devin]

“Are you Woody Harrelson?!”

“Yes I am.”

[Devin]

Thank you! Don’t be scared to take pictures of what your Lowrance is doing and we can help you figure it out. That’s what this forum is for.

[Devin]

“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.”

I wish you could have, too. It is hard testing anything because there are no real controls in fishing, as things are constantly changing. One of the annoying things I find about the sport: you’re shooting a moving target.

[Devin]

Disregard. I’m a dummy. Just saw your report. Thank you!

[Devin]

I’m nowhere as handsome as the Kang of Lafitte, but I’ll take what I can get.

Speaking of which, how did y’all do?

[Devin]

ha ha ha ha ha ha

It just looked like someone was zonked out in the back seat. It was 3am, so I took it in stride. Or maybe it was a blowup doll for the HOV lane, I had no idea.

[Devin]

What is this sorcery?

[Devin]

We tried pressure washing the last dozen fishing trips off that boat, but only got the last three off. It was like an archaeological dig of dried fish slime.