West Coast Florida Fishing Report: Venice

If you can bear the cold, there are some nice sheepshead along the Venice inlet. The whiting bite continues to be excellent on the beaches of from the jetties down to the city pier. Small trout are being caught on trolling grubs and sinking Mirr0Lures in the Alley. For bigger trout, flounder and some black drum, fish the north side of the south jetties at the inlet. The fish are in the deeper water. It is a Welsh wind on the end of the pier and if you can brave these elements, have fresh mullet and the virtue of patience a shark is almost a hook up nightly. Wear layered clothing to prevent that chill to the bone from that Welsh wind. A Welsh wind is a lazy wind; it would rather blow through you than around you.