Marsh & Bayou’s
Fishing Forecast
Venice
Inshore
tions do so until the river
gets more reasonable. If you
do decide to go to Venice,
try to let the tides dictate
Capt. Ron Price
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when you launch and fish,
and it will be in your favor.
Falling tides when the river is
high are my favorite.
As I sit here to write this column, I’m realizing
They tend to pull the
the month of March this year has been one of the
dirty water away from the
worst I can remember! We’ve had so many bad
canes and banks and give
thunderstorms and weather patterns that it’s really
you some pretty green
been tough to fish! April has got to get better! Cold
water. Toward the end of an
fronts and ambient temperature dictate a lot of what
incoming tide, you will also
will go on in April. If you get beautiful weather and
get much better water.
lots of sunny calm days, there will be tons of trout
When you fish the bays and
ready and willing to bite. If you get cold front after
pockets, try to let the wind
cold front and that continues to be the pattern, then
tell you where to go. The
you can count on sticking to redfish
wind generally drives the surface water (which is nor-
for most of the month.
The second part
Mann’s Reel ‘N’ Shad
mally river water) away from the bank. It
thins out the river
of the elements that
water more than
affect our fishing in
the locations where
Venice is river stage.
the wind is pushing
Right now, the river is
toward the banks. Deeper water is also less af-
as high as horrible can
fected than shallow water because in deeper water,
get! This makes chasing fish in Venice very tough,
the bottom half will always have greener water than
and lots of people with the option to fish other loca-
up toward the surface.
Shallow water rigs are another good location to fish
if the weather allows it. Block 69 and the rigs all the
way to Breton, and from there to Battledore Reef
can all be productive if the winds lay. (Do yourself a
favor and try the new Mann’s Reel ‘N’ Shad around
them. It's incredible!) They may hold trout, reds, or
both if you’re lucky. If I'm fishing the marsh, I really
like to go further up and get away from the river
water and fish the bays on the east and west sides of
Buras if the winds are light. If the winds get up, I like
the protection of the canes in Venice, and the wind
will usually help push out the river water as long as
you pick a lee shoreline. Blind Bay, the north side of
Pass a Loutre, the Cadro Bar, and Garden Island Bay
will all have great potential for trout. Bull reds
should also be mixed in with these trout. The barrier
islands might even produce a few good trips as well,
but you will have to pick the calm, pr ] H^\