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Boyce

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March 18, 2025 at 9:32 pm in reply to: MINN KOTA TERROVA CONTROL BOARD SWAP

Great info. Before I got my Lowrance Ghost, I had a Minn Kota Edge and started having issues and worked on it myself. Much easier than I thought and like you mentioned, plenty of YouTube videos out there. I too used trollingmotorparts.com and replaced the brushes, armature, and seals for pretty cheap.

Minn Kota makes it easy! If you’re mechanically inclined already it’s even easier.

Thank you for sharing!

Boyce

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March 18, 2025 at 8:00 pm in reply to: Try these spots around Hopedale/Delacroix on 3-22-25

You the man! Thank you!

Seems like the perfect time to get the kids on some easy fish.

Boyce

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March 18, 2025 at 7:52 pm in reply to: just Joined LAFB Elite

Welcome Tim. Glad to have you here!

Boyce

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March 18, 2025 at 7:43 pm in reply to: 3/13 and 3/18 Delacroix Specks

Hammer time!! Great report. Man, those are some big ass trout caught under a cork. That’s awesome!

Also, I like your first mate. He/she seems cool.

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Boyce

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March 18, 2025 at 4:54 pm in reply to: Planning fishing and learning trip 3/22

I think that fishing those rocks can yield you all kinds of fish. Definitely some redfish, black drum, and sheepshead. Flounder possibly too, but you will need to be fishing the bottom to get on some of them. If you do, be prepared for snags.

The south wind may make fishing those spots tougher unless you can get on the lee side of the rocks. If you have spot lock it’ll be much more doable, though 15 mph wind can kick up the waves pretty good.

If I were you, I would try dead shrimp or gulp under a cork and just work those stretches of rocks up and down.

As far as your graph goes, rocks are a great place to start learning side scan. Start idling down those rocks and graph it with your sidescan and screenshot or take a picture of what you’re seeing. Post it in here for feedback. The rocks will be obvious on sidescan, but really any anomaly you see on the bottom that’s different from everything else is noteworthy and could possibly hold some fish. You’ll want to play around with the contrast and the palette color until you find something you like. Sidescan takes a while to really know what you’re looking at, but the only way to learn it is to practice. Whenever you’re done fishing, go take a boat ride and graph stuff that you can see (like pilings, rigs, rocks, shells, etc.). That way you’ll know what they look like on the graph next time you see them.

Hope this helps. Good luck and let us know how you do. Even a report saying you caught zero fish is better than no report at all.

Boyce

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March 18, 2025 at 3:46 pm in reply to: 3-18-25 Delacroix Specks

I’m fired up for Saturday. Let’s go!!!

Great report again. Thank you!

Boyce

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March 17, 2025 at 5:42 pm in reply to: 3-17-25 Delacroix Specks

Thanks for the report. I’ll be fishing Delacroix this Saturday. I haven’t decided yet if I want to fish East or West of Terre Au Beoufs, but I’m leaning towards East. Looking like a bluebird day for me Saturday as well. I want that topwater bite but now idk!

Boyce

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March 16, 2025 at 8:20 pm in reply to: Venice Area Fishing for the week starting 3/16

Be mindful of the fog. There was a boating accident down river on Friday near Head of Passes because of it. I wouldn’t leave the marina until the fog lifts. It’s just not worth it down there.