Tampa Bay, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater & St. Petersburg

Capt. Clay Eavenson
January 9, 2008
Tarpon Springs - Saltwater Fishing Report

Recovering From A Cold(Snap)

John

was in town again visiting with his son Gabe and they wanted to do

some fishing. As you know we've had a very mild Winter this year and

the fishing has been great. That was until this past week's cold

snap. The air temps dropped below freezing and the water temps

dropped to about 50 degrees. That was a few days ago and now we've

had a few days of near 80 degree weather and I was thinking that

these fish would be hungry coming out of the cold front we'd just

had.



 



Well, a couple of days ago the flats were devoid of life. No bait,

no mullet, no fish to be seen anywhere. Today however, we saw fish

but they just weren't that hungry. I don't know if it was high

pressure or the fact that all the fish that survived the cold snap

had plenty to eat because of all of the dead baitfish laying at the

bottom of the sea. Either way... the fish didn't seem to hungry.



 



We

covered a great deal of water and saw many fish but all we managed

were 4 redfish and 3 really tiny trout. The reds came on frozen

pinfish fished under a cork and the trout came on frozen pinfish

fished on a jig head.



 



Hopefully we'll get a break from cold fronts for a few days. Our

fish could stand the break. Once the free buffet of frost bitten,

dead, baitfish dries up and the fish begin to feel comfortable with

the water temps again, the bite should take off. Only time will

tell.



 



Either way, I had a great time hanging out with John and Gabe again.

When we hook up again next, the snook should be heading towards the

beach and the reds should be in huge schools.

 

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