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“but I did enjoy the surprise bass every now and then.”
For sure! I think most did.
What changed is that it got salty again. It unequivocally became saltier across the board. I have some good graphs for this in the Saltening blog post linked earlier.
10-12 ppt is high for bass. You may be recalling 10-12 ppm, or parts per million. Even if bass could withstand 10-12 ppt, they certainly don’t spawn in it.
I couldn’t give you a read on what the exact salinity was from before the Freshening, during and after in the Biloxi Marsh, but I can tell you that milfoil prior to 2015 was pretty much non existent. There were no grass mats in the Biloxi Marsh. You won’t find them on GED, either. But they did grow with the Freshening. Same thing for a lot of east Lake Pontchartrain, Rigolets, MRGO, etc.
Venice is just indeed a different animal, a lovely beast with that beautiful river (well, when she’s low lol). We did really well flipping last year and I can’t wait to get back out there!
