Foggy Venice Morning

[captbrandon]

And the fine fishing continues down in Venice! This is the best March fishing in a very long time and it shows no sign of slowing down.

The morning started off a little shaky as the river was socked in. It was bad, but not quite too bad, so we went. I dont think Capt. Jeff really wanted to, but we did. Its much safer running in packs so thats what we did. I led the way and thought several times I should have just waited, but we made it too our destination without any hitches. Capt. Shane and Bobby ran together and made it safely as well. All of the Venice guides are FINE boatsmen.

We all began in roughly the same area and began catching some nice trout. For some reason my boat was having trouble landing the fish. We were getting the bites, more than anybody, just couldnt ice the fish! Dont feel too sorry though, we ended our day with 65 trout. Nothing huge, but a couple of nice 4 pounders and NO thow backs.

All our fish were caught off the shorelines under a cork. Deadly Dudely's in Bloom moon and Fearless Frank did the trick. In the fog the bit was reall good, but once the sun came out and got bright the fish turned off. Then when the front came through and it got foggy again, the fish turned back on. IN fact thats when we caught our 10 biggest trout. Interesting. Again, the fish seemed to be holding just down currrent from the crab traps. I think the bait in the traps are creating a food chain. Water clarity is fair in several areas down the river. It should keep getting better as the river continues to fall.

On another note......I'm seeing allot of people down here that has never fished here before. They are coming here with their own boats, and no idea where to go and what to do. Everybody has to start somwhere, but please be carful and use some sense. I pleaded with a boat not to go down Pass a Loutre on Sunday. What did he do? He ran up on a flat and some friends of mine had to ruin their day of fishing to pull him off. Venice is a VERY TRECHEROUS place. Use caution, take things slow and go with somebody who knows about the area.