Boyce
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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.
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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.
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Great report! That’s a shame the conditions turned against you, but that’s one of the unfortunate “beauties” of fishing Lake Borgne— that weather can churn it up quick.
I’m sure you would have smoked them there if the conditions would have allowed.
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You the man WBJ. Much respect for your desire to learn new areas.
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Sounds like a successful weekend. I would imagine those Islands will be on fire all summer. Thank you for confirming that.
Great report!
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Sounds like a great trip. Never fun to have another boat pull up and start whacking fish in front of you, but I’m glad you made a move and found some biting.
Great report!
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Amazing trip! It was Venice at its finest.
I would also like to add that we put on a clinic fishing jigs on casting tackle in front of a group of guides. They watched us boat flip trout after trout.
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Sounds like an awesome family trip!
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Great report! Glad you found some
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It’s worth noting that the exact rigs he was fishing are sorta irrelevant. I say that because they are biting on all of them. Some more so than others, but if you bounce around from rig to rig, you will definitely find them.
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Captain Devin. You can sight fish another day. Go get the Venice big girls!
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Some mapping cards have them, but you don’t really need them. You can just cruise around the lake and you’ll find them easily.
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Haha during the grind yesterday all I could think about was dead shrimp under a cork.
I’d much rather catch them in a more tactical manner though.
I don’t sight fish or target redfish exclusively all too often, but this summer will be a summer of chasing redfish for me, so I’m ready to get back out there.
The summer heat and my small boat makes me want to stay in the marsh.
That being said, I’m sure I’ll see someone whack the trout this summer and I’ll get the bug and make some long runs.
