johnawill
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Nice! Way to adjust and find them.
Was the bite slow and minuscule or were they hammering down your lure?
This makes me kick myself for turning away from PAL Tuesday.
Awesome trip and great report. Thank you!
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Ahhh, I knew I saw @Boyce at the launch when we were picking my boat out the water!! You guys were picking y’all’s boat up at the same time I was. Y’all were in the last slip to my right looking at the building. I was in the black Avid to y’alls left. I’m pretty sure I awkwardly stared at you for a second @Devin thinking you might have been @WestbankJosh
I did have plans to stop and say hey but my buddy was driving my truck while I was in the boat and he drove past y’all instead of stopping like I asked him to. Not sure why he did, but he did.
Would have loved to have met the legendary @ShooterMcGrabbin also. Next time.
Anyway, sounds like y’all still had a blast despite the conditions and slow bite.
Awesome trip, thank you!
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LOL! Glad you’re okay!
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Awesome trip and great report! I’ll be doing a two day trip Monday and Tuesday 12/22 – 23rd and your report has me pumped! Thank you for posting!
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Nice work boys! Awesome report!
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Man fishing the jump without a trolling motor is going to be tough, doable, but tough. If you’re dropping an anchor don’t be surprised if you have to cut it off because its snagged on something on the bottom. Bring a spare if you can.
Sounds like you have a solid plan though. I would add the mouth of West Bay Cut to your plan, it was good two years ago around this time and could be good now. Make sure you read other members Venice reports before venturing that way because of a sand bar just north of the mouth of WBC.
Also, I know you didn’t mention heading down to Dennis Pass but if you do I would not take the route you have in your plan. It’s very shallow and may have silted in more by now. I ran the route in the picture I attached below on the trip I did 10/28/25 without any issue.
Other than that, solid plan. Good luck, be safe, stay warm, and have a blast!
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Great report, thank you!
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Nice work! Way to roll with the punches and get it done. Great report, thank you!
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Great report, thank you!
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Dude, that TT picture is epic!! What an awesome trip and report, thank you!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well! I cannot be thankful enough for your time an effort that you have put into making this forum S tier. Thank you again!
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Man this one looks a little tougher than the other one, but still looks doable. Might be another “idle it” situation. Good thing is, the river is predicted to come up to ~3.8′ next week, so that might help. If you’re out there next Thursday or Friday we might see each other. I haven’t decided on the day yet but early Thursday 12/4 seems to be the better option at the moment, condition wise.
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I’ve never ran that route before but looking at GED it doesn’t look like you’ll have any issues running it, however, we are talking about Venice. Personally I’d feel pretty confident taking it but definitely with extreme caution, possibly even idling it.
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Man that’s awesome! Great trip and report, thank you!!
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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.
