[Boyce]

Sounds about how my trip to Fourchon went. More like Poo-chon amirite?

[Boyce]

I definitely think you’re in the right area for Trout. Fishing the beaches will probably be good. Look for where the waves are breaking and bait is going nuts and cast right into the breaks. That would be my first target area. After that, focus on back sides of sandbars that are out of the current, but have current flowing around them.

The south pass rocks could also be good, but be prepared to catch a lot of the most massive lady fish you’ve ever seen in your life. I would definitely jig the South Pass jetties if it were me either way.

I think your best bet for Trout, like Devin said, will be fishing where that river water meets that gulf saltwater.

Good luck. You are in for quite an adventure.

[Boyce]

Also, as others have said, be sure to post your routes. I’ve got 10 Venice trips under my belt in the last 11 months, so I can provide you some good feedback on your routes.

[Boyce]

I want to be @will-grand when I grow up

[Boyce]

Great report, thanks for posting!

[Boyce]

“just happy to have any brain cells left to make it happen while my daughter goes through sleep regression lol.”

Hang in there bro!

I can definitely agree that it’s easy to fall into old patterns sometimes, especially with what you’ve got going on with the lack of sleep.

Have you had recent success in Athanasio? It always looks so juicy but I can never seem to find a good bite in there.

That Elmer’s trip sounds like a good time and good redemption after Hopedale.

Thanks for the report!

[Boyce]

Tough day— we’ve all been there. Much respect for still sharing your trip with everyone even though it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it.

I pretty much run the same boat as you. Love that little thing. Keep at it and you’ll be doing mean things to speckled trout very soon.

[Boyce]

All of those areas you mentioned can be good at certain times of the year. From now until fall, you will want to focus on the East Biloxi Marsh, which means waking up super early and making runs in the dark.

The Biloxi Marsh is pretty straight forward navigation wise, though you still want to do your homework on Google Earth before your trip.

If you search this forum, there are several posts about some known navigational hazards in the area. I would put those in your graph and make sure to avoid them. Otherwise, it’s just like anywhere. Take areas that you are unsure of slowly. Idle speed. If you hit something at idle speed it won’t do much damage to your boat (if any) and you can easily get out of whatever trouble you’re in.

Most main bayous out there are good to run on plane.

I would suggest picking out an area and beating it to death on a trip. Then rinse and repeat in a new area. Before you know it, you’ll be a Biloxi Marsh pro.

[Boyce]

I had one on my fishing kayak several years ago. It works great and held my yak without issue, which is no surprise. I have no doubts that it could hold your boat in place with ease.

I considered putting one on my bass boat using the clamp on bracket. I wanted to clamp it to my transom, but the steering would hit it when turning to one side, so I never put one on.

One cool thing about the micro anchor that I’m sure you’re aware of, but you can use a portable battery to power it. That saves you from having to wire it up and you can switch it out between boats if you have that option.

[Boyce]

[Boyce]

GIANT PITA

[Boyce]

Great heads up. Thank you!

[Boyce]

Great tip! I’m hoping that will be the sunken rocks!

[Boyce]

You must have let her drive…

[Boyce]

I gotcha. Navionics probably has some on there. If you could find some older print maps from standard mapping, I bet they have some of the rigs marked on there that are no longer there. I have their mapping card and it shows a few of them.