water in Verm Bay
 

last year at this time, salinity in VBay at the point was 10PPT, it struggles to reach 1PPT now. The river has been low for well over a month, I just can't figure out why it won't turn over.
This gauge is at the point, the water in SWPass is green and salty but it just won't move in farther. There is a small rip a few miles in from the pass, but it is slow as molasses as it moves in and flushes out the fresh water.

Salinity, water, unfiltered, parts per thousand
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.0 08-04-2016 14:00 CDT

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I think we need a couple of days with extreme high/low tides to push Gulf water inland. Also, that gauge monitors the upper column of salinity. Probably saltier closer to bottom.

Its been raining so much. I guess that's keeping the salt water out

I noticed that and having a small boat I cant really go out and chase the salty water near the pass... but I think Ill be going out tomorrow to try my luck anyways.

V B
 

My son and his buddy's caught well today, mix of Spanish and trout.

need a good north wind to flush all that fresh water out,when it comes back in I will be good,last yr. in Aug. we had two cool fronts come thru and do it,I remember during hunting season last yr. we had cooler wether in aug. when that little front came thru then in oct. and nov.

If the pass is salty, there might be some good salty water below the fresh on the south 1/3 of the lake. We've had the same thing going on in Galveston for over a year.. Our East Bay has had a fresh surface almost the entire time but we've been catching trout in 6-8ft on shell working the lures right on the bottom really. I know it looks horrible but the fish are still there on the bottom.. the upper end might not be like that though.. just depends on the fresh flow VS salt flow everyday.

it doesn't really matter if the gauge reads the top 1/3, because that is what it read last year as well. The point is the water is 10 times fresher now than it was this time last year. I think it is way more than just the rain, etc.
We had full moon tides 2 weeks ago, it just didn't turn the water over.

Having said that, looks like it is on the rise, at about 1.2 now.