Marsh & Bayou’s
Fishing Forecast
Venice
Inshore
Capt. Ron Price
Fish Intimidator
( 504)416-6731
www.fishintimidator.com
Fishing in Venice in December can
be very easy or at least, decent, depending on the river level. If the river is low
and green, it will usually produce the
best fishing of the entire year for trout,
redfish, and flounder within a short distance from the marina. At the time I’m
writing this, the river has already made a
jump and gotten muddy. When the river
makes a jump like this, it pushes all the
saltwater fish back out of the river system. The fish then begin to migrate into
the saltier marshes where the tides keep
replacing water with salty Gulf water.
If you check out a map, you’ll notice most of the outer pockets and bays will
generally hold good fish, wind dependent. I always try to pick a lee shore area as
the wind helps push the
muddy river water away
”The speckled trout
from the banks and pockwill also stack up in
ets. On warmer days, you
deep water ponds and
can catch most fish under
bayous and the ledges
a popping cork using soft
plastics or live shrimp. If
of bays but tend not
the conditions aren't very
to bite very good until
good, live shrimp is cera day or two after the tainly more favorable! On
front and then it's
the much colder days, the
fish will need to be fished
usually game on!”
on the bottom with an extremely slow retrieve - almost like worm fishing for bass, but sometimes even
slower. Cold fronts will tend to stack up the redfish in deeper ponds, canals, and
bayous down on the bottom, and they usually will still eat pretty well despite harsh
conditions. I like to use 3" Gulp shrimp, Mann’s HardNose Mullet, or just plain
fresh shrimp on a 3/8 ounce jighead. The speckled trout will also stack up in deep
water ponds and bayous and on the ledges of bays, but tend not to bite very well
until a day or two after the front, and then it's usually “game on!” Look for bait activity and clean water. If it warms up enough where you're pulling clothes off, a
popping cork generally works again. The main thing to do is play the wind and
look at maps to decide what area is most sheltered from the prevailing wind.
Use extreme caution when underway after a hard front, particularly on low
tide. Routes you run the rest of the year can leave you high and dry.
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