The new year came in with a bang- after some glorious December weather, a strong winter cold front blew through a week ago. Pre-front, EVERYTHING was biting- I saw a bunch of 16 to 22″ gag grouper caught in Pass-A-Grille, and they were slamming live pinfish with gusto. Macks, flounder, even sea bass were biting enthusiastically.
Once the front came through, everything shut down. The water temperature dropped from 71 degrees down to 54 over the space of a couple of days. All the fish were in shock. I still managed to get down to the Merry Pier yesterday before the Bucs debacle, but there wasn’t much happening. A small grouper here, a little snapper there. VERY slow. Maybe, after this weeks warm-up, things will be back to normal next weekend. Here’s hoping…
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