Going to be fishing GSP the 9th- 11th and i was just wondering what y'all thought about fishing after the tropical storm goes through. any idea what effect it will have on the fishing? anybody had experience with this?
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Going to be fishing GSP the 9th- 11th and i was just wondering what y'all thought about fishing after the tropical storm goes through. any idea what effect it will have on the fishing? anybody had experience with this?
not even sure if it will hit us.....
Depends on how messed up the water gets and how fast it clears. No way to tell until you get there...
Not sure how it will be at the pier after a storm but the day after hurricane Ivan was the best fishing I've seen in years and there was nobody else on the water so all my favorite spots were clear.
I was at four seasons a couple of years ago when the hurricane dropped to a tropical storm just before coming ashore (Ike? Ivan? name?) and we had 20 foot surf. The state pier had panels knocked out and was closed a few days, but four seasons pier is 2 foot higher and we never even lost a light. the surf was too high to fish the first day but the second day was outstanding. We had a river of sheephead swimming around the pier. Usually 15 to 25 feet wide and continually circling. Must have been tens of thousands of fish. Flounder also did well and some Spanish and reds. I have never seen schools of sheephead like that. The water got very calm and clear.
they have a tendency to cause strange and exciting things to happen. I remember one year two days after a storm came through Harley caught a 10lb gag grouper off the pier. I would be there first decent day after it passes and fish for several days in a row.
After hurricane Elena we caught a mess load of Grouper off the jetties. I will never forget that The Sea reaper A 63 foot resmondo sitting right in front of us jigging for grouper Inside the Pass Awesome Times
Glad we're coming next weekend and not this one
I remember Dennis Rice telling me about that, if I remember the story, he & some buddies took a small boat into the pass and literally filled it with grouper......Quote:
Originally Posted by dublthret
Those are exceptional memories.
Unfortunately most of these events just mess the water (and fishing) for a week or so, but as stated each one is unique.
I well remember those grouper---after a day or two, the bottom dropped out of the grouper market, but I sure had a fine time catching them. Caught two in my crab trap in Terry Cove, and still don't know they got in there they were so big.
Unfortunately, I also remember some tropical events that happened during the period I was chartering that seemed to empty the Gulf of everything except hard head catfish, but there were plenty of them to go around---You'd pull up to a spot and the fathometer would black out from all the fish, looking like you'd just found the mother lode of snapper, but then it was all whisker, spines and slime.
keep on with the good luck stories guys. Almost have the wife convinced to leave Tuesday night so we can start fishing Wed. morning before we even get in the condo!!!!
#r speaketh the truth. It is usually good in front of the storm, and muddy conditions afterwards. How long it takes to clear is very hard to predict.
I don't remember which storm it was but it was in '95 I think - three storms that summer? Got down to check the property after one of them while TS winds were still gusting. Don't remember what we were catching but I remember everyone out there was pretty much non-stop bowed up.
One affect (of the front) will be a dramatic drop in water temp (about 5 degrees).
That in of itself should spark a good bite!
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