CAPT. BILL MILLER
“OUTDOORS PROFESSIONAL”
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BILL’S FISHING REPORTS
Current Advice for Catching More Fish

by Capt. Bill Miller
3/9/06

Cold fronts do affect fish and their feeding habits. I recently read a report by a scientist that said fish do not feel barometric pressure, so changing pressure connected to passing cold fronts should not affect fish and their habits.

I have been guiding professionally for over thirty years, fishing all my life and I have seen fish turn off almost every time a front passes through with any strength at all. I have been on terrific fish bites and had the wind go hard to the northwest, signaling the front passing, and the fish stopped biting like someone turned a switch.

The Tampa Bay area has hosted professional redfish tour events the last two weekends. I talked with many of the anglers who had been here for a week or more scouting around and they said there is plenty of redfish here and they are biting.

I fished this week the day after this last cold front went through with one of the tournament participants. We went to spots he caught fish and saw fish during the weekend and they were empty. We talked to other guides that day and if they found a few fish, they did not bite well, if at all.

The good news is the cold fronts should stop coming through by the end of March and we won’t have to deal with them until next winter.

Look for post cold front redfish schooling on the flats by Port Manatee, Bishops Harbor, Fort Desoto and Weedon Island.
White bait and greenbacks are on the grass flats near the Gulf and at the Skyway.
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Reprinted with permission of the Tampa Tribune