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  • Devin

    Administrator
    January 30, 2025 at 11:51 am

    The Tip of the Spear returns and is ready once again to stab into the heart of the greatest inshore fishery on Planet Earth!

    You really nailed everything I would consider or want to look at, but there are some details worth mentioning:

    First, South Pass got new rocks. You can see that in this video at 2:53:00 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac1nBgwR5qk

    There is no GED imagery to reflect the new rocks, but they are there. So I’m pretty sure the threat of underwater rocks at South Pass is done and over with.

    “Can anyone confirm if the North Side of YCB does in fact have these deep canals other than the one marked WFL?”

    I’m 99% positive those canals on the north side of YCB are good. Your pin is “Is this deep?” is deep enough to safely get down, but isn’t a “hole” fish would use. I haven’t been that way in a minute, but that’s what I recall and see reflected in GED. Navionics more or less reflects this as well.

    Remember this post I made last year about Marine AIS. There are screenshots in that post that show the route the big boats use to get around that area.

    Next, don’t forget the new land built by CPRA on the south end of CPRA.

    After that, don’t forget the stumps in YCB that I went over at the end of the Natural Fishing Spots lesson in 101. Waypoints for these are also found inside the IF101 Student .KML file.

    “I have some spots I just randomly picked out months ago as some spots to try down around East Bay,”

    Literally the next thing I was thinking of. That canal paralleling SW Pass is good. That dog leg you have going to Cockler Point I do not know. It could be good. I’d monitor Marine AIS for that one because I think I recall seeing a crew boat go down it when I was out there on 12-17-24.

    The mouth of Joseph Bayou is probably gonna be worth fishing. Also, IIRC, you know how to get from the mouth of Joseph Bayou through the sandbars to South Pass. You can also see the sandbar south of Joseph Bayou that’s been forming.

    I think that East Bay could be good, it’s just a run to get there and the wind must cooperate. Otherwise, YCB is right there. If you wreck the fish in YCB or somewhere else that is close, then I would make the run to East Bay (the next day) to continue exploring, conditions permitting.

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