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Hey Keith, great question. Thanks for posting it. Yeah, speckled trout are definitely not the focus of this forum, they’re just more popular than redfish.
After that, I’m not really too sure what to tell you that I haven’t already published in detail. Like, Inshore Fishing 101, Predicting a Redfish Jubilee, and Sight Fishing Mastery School are all oriented toward redfish. Especially Redfish Jubilee, that’s about as easy as it’s going to get all year, if you can stand the cold.
Specifically, this part of Inshore Fishing 101 where I detail redfish ponds: https://www.lafbelite.com/lesson/if101-5-2/
After that, the south side of the Rock Dam, maybe the Pen in Chalmette, dead end canals, are all going to turn on with redfish.
I’m really looking for you to apply what I teach. You already interact in this forum, which I really appreciate and why I’m handing out “gimmes”. So what conditions are coming or happening? A buttload of northwest wind and cold temperature. Where would you want to fish based upon that? Not a northwest-facing shoreline in Lake Borgne. Hell no. Not at the top of the “stairs” because it’s dry land right now.
You want to go somewhere deep and protected from such a wind. So where are those spots? Look for those, find a few in an area and hit those.
Next you want to make sure your route there and back is navigable. That’s the process in a nutshell: go fishing based upon the conditions and make sure you can get there safely and back. I’d bring spare clothes as a safety precaution.