It was a tough week but next week’s weather looks AWESOME!
Man, I heard somewhere that this past week was the coldest week we’ve had here in the Tampa Bay area since 1982. I Haven’t checked to see if that’s true but I don’t really need to. All I know and all I care to know was that it was COLD! It got down to 22 degrees at my house one night this week. I’m not going to fluff things up for you at all. The bite this past week was tough. Very tough. the water temps dropped into the high 40’s (something I have NEVER seen) and the fish had lockjaw bad. We saw plenty of redfish. Hundreds of them in fact but getting them to eat anything was tough. We did manage a few keepers in the upper slot and a few trout but that was about it.
THE GOOD NEWS….
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Highs 71 to 76. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around 10 mph.
Tuesday through Friday Night
Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 80. Lows 57 to 62.
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Saturday
Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs 76 to 81.
I’m loving this forecast. The fish have had lockjaw for about a week. They’ve got to be starving and this warm weather could cause them to put the feed bag on. Look for next Saturday and Sunday to be great. By then the water will have had a week to warm up and the fish should be happy.