Boyce
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It’s also worth nothing that we only caught about 4-5 rat reds, 0 bull reds, and no other species besides redfish.
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Thanks for the report. I’m headed out tomorrow. Will report back.
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46 Degrees at the Rigolets right now. I wonder how much more, if any, it’ll go down. It’s definitely sketchy.
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@Daniel_Gig the time frame boat shops give is definitely aggravating so I feel your pain. I’ve had my boat sit at the shop for a month before they even looked at it. I quit taking them there for that reason, but I know one day there will be something I just don’t know how to do so I’ll have to bring it back. I’ve been told that they have such a back log of boats and take forever because there isn’t a boat shop on every corner like there is an auto shop, so they get stacked up more with work and fall behind much quicker. It makes sense, but its still annoying though. Hopefully they get you back in action soon.
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The LAFB lingo is where it’s at!
You know, I was thinking just this morning about how much success I have been having out there recently and why it was happening. For the first two years of having my boat, I feel like I overthought everything that I learned in all the LAFB lessons. A lot of times I would try to put a square peg in a round hole (i.e popping a cork almost exclusively no matter the water depth, not taking advantage of the conditions, focusing on “spots” more).
It seems like as soon as I started taking everything I learned at face value and simplifying it in my mind (your lessons already simplify it plenty), is when I started having more success. Now I don’t throw a cork nearly as much, I use a bait caster and fish an open faced jig head probably 75% of the time, and just simply take advantage of the conditions that are presented. It’s funny how it all just clicks one day but when it does, man its a great feeling!
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The weight of the jig head will definitely have a lot to do with how many snags you’re getting, but sometimes you have to use that heavy jig head if the current is ripping so you have no choice. One thing I do when I’m jigging a spot with a lot of snags is pop that jig head really hard when I’m jigging it. If you’ve ever watched any of Chas Champagnes videos, notice how hard he jigs his rod. He pops it like he’s trying to rip that jig head out of a pile of concrete. That’s sort of what I’ll do and it’ll help pop that lure up over the snags. If they’re really tight up on the rocks, you could always use a lighter jig head to keep it suspended above the snags longer. You could also reel faster to not let your lure catch the bottom, but yesterday that wouldn’t have worked out. They wanted it slow and dribbled on the bottom (small little twitches). Snags are just part of fishing the bottom though. Gotta learn to live with them lol. I saw @Daniel_Gig said in one of his reports recently that if you aren’t getting snagged, you aren’t casting in the right spots. I think there is a lot of truth to that. Yesterday though, once we found out that they were hanging out further off the rocks, we didn’t hardly get any snags.
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All tremendous reasons that I fully agree with
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Damn. That’s a sad sight to see.
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Crazy!
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Lol, thats a good point. Ice bergs!!!
The only fish kills I’ve seen are what @WestbankJosh shared in another post. My father in law is a well seasoned OG New Orleans angler who was a member of the Tally Ho for years. He told me based off his experience that as long as the Lake doesn’t get below 40 degrees, he thinks the fish will be fine. I don’t think theres any scientific evidence to back that up, just one of those wise tales I guess. I know that Shell Beach buoy is showing some crazy low water temps, but I don’t know if it’s still acting wonky. I’m locked down again today with nothing to do (how exciting), so I’ll keep an eye out for any fish kills.
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@Devin have you heard of any duck ponds or any areas of marsh freezing? I saw some pics Ty Hibbs posted of some frozen ponds, but couldn’t figure out where he was. I didn’t know brackish water could freeze.
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Now that is awesome!
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Hahaha this is hilarious. New profile pic!!!
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Lol, I wanted a snow pic in the marsh so bad.
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We’re almost at 6” in Madisonville and it’s still coming down hard. Wild!
