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06-21-2017, 08:44 AM #1Junior Member
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Typically, how is the fishing after the storm?
Coming in on Friday...as far as the fishing goes, have I got anything to be worried about? Any chance the storm could bring in fish? Thanks!
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06-21-2017, 09:02 AM #2Senior Member
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Every storm is different. Sometimes as soon as it calms its great other storms it's so churned up it sucks. No way to tell yet
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Disclaimer: This post and/or report is not a substantiation of or reflection on the true accuracy of the present stock assessment methods. It is only an anecdotal report on or comment concerning local observations. Your results may vary.
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If gulf is bad you may still have the inshore options. Mangroves, flounder, and slot reds have been abundant lately. We will just have to wait and see though.
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Four years ago I rode out a storm like this and the second day after it ended fishing was great.
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I think that since you're coming anyway, there's no point in worrying. I don't think that there's any evidence that a tropical storm "brings in fish". Usually, I think that roily water disorients sight-feeders. But -- it's like CarlF said, "No way to tell yet". You get a better idea once the storms have passed to know when the water may begin to clear.
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You can nearly always catch all the hardhead and gafftop catfish you can handle. This kind of storm used to always move the snapper around on the offshore spots---there was always a race to see who could get to the Liberty Ships first to catch the ones that had ganged up there.
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