Daniel_Gig
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Nothing like a little fog to inspire confidence lol
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Unless something crazy happens, I’m going. Loaded up and ready to go. Bunch of drop shots and ½ jigs ready to go. 🤞 the river isn’t too high. But if nothing else I’ll be able to say I fished Venice lol. I’ll report back.
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Trying to go in the morning… I would imagine in a 21′ boat i should be able to find some rocks protected from any wind…
River is showing 3.7′ but rising , am i too late ( as was indicted in other posts?) If no one answers me tonight, ill report back how it goes tomorrow…
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@devin give me rocks to jig….
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Temping… southwest pass in where you caught the bigger ones?
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Planning a last minute trip with just my wife tomorrow Your post is tempting me to change destinations….
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@Devin Dude the whole experience was crazy with the fog. I couldn’t see anything and as soon as I got closer to the LNG plant I was like damn these must be workers going to work. They know the roads so they can fly in the fog. I’m not familiar with the area and the roads are garbage. Forgive me for not wanting to launch my boat onto the highway in the fog. Or run over an animal (to my surprise I saw zero).
Fishing the jump with such a heavy current was wild. In 20-30’ I’d cast up current, I’d feel bottom, then if I lifted the rod at all the baits were drifting. I missed a million bites.
It’s a shame I didn’t get out there till late, the whole time in the jump I kept thinking “go explore, this will be here later”. I did eventually do that but idk I wish that I had explored more. I really want to go with someone who knows that area. Footage I’ve seen of Southwest past jetties looks like my style of fishing. But that would’ve been a hell of a first time run, and doing it solo…
It was awesome. But kinda like a grand isle trip. It’s a trip. It makes sense why they have a million rentals there. I would like to do a weekend down there. When does Venice turn on for big trout? Spring? I’ll have to research
That road is a lot of wear and tear on the trailers I know that. I’m surprised there isn’t more businesses down there.
Thanks for inspiring me to go everyone.
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I don’t know what the flow feels like when it’s like 2-3’ but yesterday felt like I was fishing the hospital wall on a strong falling tide.
Not really my favorite technique. I like being able to throw a single, lighter jig. ⅜ or less. Although I’m about catching fish, so whatever it takes lol.
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Thanks. Felt victorious. Not for the 15 fish, if I had tags I would’ve preferred taking all of them. But it felt good to get out of my comfort zone with a little planning and care, and have it all work out…. I guess in some ways if I had caught zero I would’ve been a little let down.
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Thanks. Yeah I probably screwed up then. This is why I’m asking. The worst place to break the law is in front of the enforcement’s headquarters lol.
But yeah the person I tried to follow out, acted like I was sneakily following him to his honey hole, taking the time to speed up occasionally by the marina lol
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Almost all of my tagged recaptures come from over there. That tells me something.
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I’ll have a report posted shortly, but wow. Place is wild.
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Thank you for that bit of info
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Yeah definitely. When you have so much identical shoreline, you gotta figure out spots that have something “different”. Breaks in the rocks can be great when everything else is right, like tide going in or out. Points. Ledges. Look at your depth finder. Side scan if you have it. Places with snags are usually where the fish are.
The deeper we get into winter, I look for any sign of life. Could be an egret on the rocks. Pelicans. Any sign of life.
Trout fishing is a lot about angles
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Thanks @neilnmel . I didn’t go to Venice today, choose the safe bet and fished the mrgo. Caught out limit. But I still wanna fish Venice. Hoping between now and new years the river stays long enough to get down there. I need to sit down and put a good game plan together. Last night was too last minute
