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Bluebird skie
Air temp: 70-80s
Water temp: 78
Water clarity : dirty at best
Well to start this off I probably spent way more time down south than I should have. Hind sight is 20/20 and as soon as I saw the dirty water and tress floating by the end of the rocks and in the middle cut we should have hauled butt for cleaner water not to mention having to take a number if you wanted to fish along the rocks there must have been, no joking, 75 boats and from what I saw a bunch of bored people eating lunch and stone faced. We fought until about 1:00 PM fishing plan 1 and came up with one trout and one rat red. Next chapter, I had a couple hours free this morning and that’s when I went for a ride to see if I could find the elusive clean water and I found it. I actually ran this from the Rigolets marina and I knew I could make the trip in about 15-20 mins back straight across , I was on a fact finding mission to see the water as it changed color and clarity. I went to a bunch of different well heads and platforms. If it wasn’t pretty water or what I believe pretty water should look like I kept moving, I was on a mission. I finally stopped at the rig off of Pointe Marchette high the water was really pretty, low and behold I picked up five nice 16-20 inch trout on a 3/8oz jig head and ultraviolet Matrix in about an hour. As soon as I caught the first nice trout a boat pulled on the opposite corner and picked up two where I was trying to move towards thankfully he left after about 15 mins, after that I didn’t see another boat. Time ran out so I headed back in and came away with some nice trout and new understanding of what to look for. I didn’t really know what was meant by clean water until I SAW what clean water looked like when I went to Lake Borgne and saw the pretty green clear water around the rigs off of the east shore.Next weekend I’ll be solo so if the weather holds up I’ll put plan 2 into gear and keep plan 1 for when the MRGO gets better. Thank you again for the help I’ve learned a lot from you and everyone in this community about this area and I’m happy to be a part of it. It’s only going to get better!
