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Weather versus the Need to Migrate. The Fishing Florida Report.

The Fishing Florida Report.

Now that the record-breaking freeze of 2010 is over with there are other questions for anglers to ponder. It’s nearly April, time for an influx of migratory bait and gamefish to move up the coast.

Yet the middle of March is still experiencing chilly weather and water temperatures are just beginning to creep up. Many gamefish that would not bite due to the lower metabolism that the cold water caused just began to feed around March 10.

We’ve yet to see a real sheepshead season and trout fishing is still far slower than normal. Redfish finally are making an on again, off again, showing. We needn’t mention snook.

The season is closed on the few that survived the killer freeze. But the migratory fish have yet to make an appearance and low water temperatures may seriously alter that seasonal pattern.

Trout Fishing May Benefit From Freeze

Fishermen – Trout Fishing May Benefit From Freeze

I know, I know. It seems rather odd that Trout fishing may be the benefit from this freeze. January saw the worst freeze in perhaps a century. Lots of snook died. It’s all been rather dreary and the winter continues. But there is some good news out there. With the freeze came a purging of algae and old dead grass from the flats. The cold cleared up the water as it always does when such frigid weather and overcast days prevent algal growth.