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Wow. Helluva first post. Dude, way to swing for the fence. lol
Okay, well first of all welcome to the forum. Are you from Louisiana? How much experience do you have fishing these areas? Did you look at a map first? Does your boat fly? lol jk but seriously, Houma is a haul from Delacroix.
Also, I fixed the spelling from “Homua” to “Houma” so it shows up in search results and people know what you’re talking about.
That and it sounds like you’re fishing a redfish tournament out of Sweetwater and have an A-spot in Houma.
I’ve made a lot of crazy 150+ mile runs but even for me I have to admit that running from Delacroix to Houma is a helluva trip and probably not a great idea. That’s gonna be at least 230+ miles round-trip if you can fit under bridges. I hope you’re in a propped-out Allison, the water is flat calm, and that the fuel dock/locks don’t take their sweet time. lol Otherwise you’re looking at ~3 hours to fish if you plan on making weigh-in on time.
Delacroix to Venice is pretty easy, and it really depends on the wind, that will dictate how much open water you can run, or if you need to run protected.
And what boat are you running this is in? A 12ft tin boat or a bigass Majek Extreme? Can it fit under a low bridge or is a tower boat? That information goes a long way (I checked your profile, didn’t see anything there). We can’t read your mind. The more info we have, the more we can help you.
Surely there are heavy slots somewhere east of the river. I don’t know what format you’re fishing, but when I fished the Saltwater Series I did a pretty good job of finding 16lb bags and landing in the money, and I was able to do that without the 230+ mile Mad Max Gumball 3000. BUT, the fishing was a lot better then, too.
Surely there’s something down toward Venice you can get into.
If you were to head from Delacroix to Venice, then you can run down Terre aux Beouf, shoot across Black Bay, Breton Sound then pop into Baptiste Collette or Main Pass and go from there. If you had to run protected, then you could run down the Pencil Canal to American Bay, hop into Bay Cox and take the back levee canals down to Ostrica, then hop in the river and make your way to Venice there.
It really depends on the wind and your boat, which I don’t know. That and please put some skin in the game and show me a route you plan on taking. That will really help decipher what’s going to work best for you. Thank you.
