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  • Boyce

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    May 25, 2025 at 12:02 pm in reply to: Hopedale 05/17/25 and Elmers 05/24/25

    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

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    May 25, 2025 at 6:08 am in reply to: 5-24-25 Hopedale

    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

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    May 24, 2025 at 12:27 pm in reply to: Biloxi Marsh Entry

    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

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    May 24, 2025 at 12:20 pm in reply to: Power Pole Micro Input

    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

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    May 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm in reply to: 5/22/25 Lake Borgne

    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.

  • Boyce

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    May 24, 2025 at 12:07 pm in reply to: 5/22/25 Lake Borgne

    You the man WBJ. Much respect for your desire to learn new areas.

  • Boyce

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    May 24, 2025 at 12:04 pm in reply to: Late report Dulac 5/16–17

    Sounds like a successful weekend. I would imagine those Islands will be on fire all summer. Thank you for confirming that.

    Great report!

  • Boyce

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    May 24, 2025 at 11:42 am in reply to: 5/23/25 Four Bayou and Barataria Bay

    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!

  • Boyce

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    May 24, 2025 at 10:30 am in reply to: 5/23/25 Venice Trout & Snapper limits

    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.

  • Boyce

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    May 19, 2025 at 7:06 pm in reply to: 5/17/25 – MRGO / Hopedale

    Sounds like an awesome family trip!

  • Boyce

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    May 25, 2025 at 11:10 am in reply to: 5/22/25 Lake Borgne

    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.

  • Boyce

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    May 24, 2025 at 12:16 pm in reply to: Motor help

    Excellent advice

  • Boyce

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    May 24, 2025 at 12:09 pm in reply to: 5/22/25 Lake Borgne

    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.

  • Boyce

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    May 24, 2025 at 11:45 am in reply to: 5/23/25 Venice Trout & Snapper limits

    Captain Devin. You can sight fish another day. Go get the Venice big girls!

  • Boyce

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    May 21, 2025 at 5:01 pm in reply to: 05/17/2025 and 05/19/2025 Rigs, Reefs, And Marsh

    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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