Coastal Fishing Concepts Understanding the Seasons
Cooler temperatures , shorter days and lower body temperatures are directly related to the water water levels begin what I feel is our true month of temperatures . As cold fonts come through many of transition from summer to fall fishing . As a gulf our fish will fall into the mouths of bayous that are coast angler you are looking for the month that offers beautiful sun- that the fish can
pouring into bays or lakes . The reason for this is
rises , crisp mornings be up in shallow and bayous filled waters when the with feeding fish . As temperatures are
October takes hold warmer but if a you will notice that cold front passes the fish will be they can fall falling into the patterns of holding in curity of the
down into the se- deeper waters but deeper water of a not always on the bayou . bottom . The reason I have for this is that fish preached this are cold blooded scenario time creatures and their and time again
by Capt . Charlie Thomason
Bayou Charters
( 504 ) 278-FISH that anglers that understand the transitional period between summer and fall will be more successful on the water during the last two months of the year . As cold fronts start to pass through the gulf coast water temperatures will fall drastically over night causing fish to immediately drop to the deeper waters of the bayous . Cold blooded fish have to find warmer water to survive this quick temperature change and that area is deeper water . Deeper water will be warmer due to the warmth of the Earth ’ s surface . Fish will hunker down placing their bellies on the actual mud and absorb the warmth that is released from the depths of the Earth . When fish are down on the bottom during the first passing of a front it could seem that it is very hard to find them . In past years I have noticed that fish will tend to gang up about one or two bends up in a major bayou from where it pours out into a bay or lake . They will be in the deepest part of the bend facing up current and