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I’ve actually been looking for another form of communication and never knew about this so I did some research. It seems pretty legit and will probably do just fine.
I have the InReach Mini but want a backup obviously, so I was thinking about a Garmin Smartwatch with InReach technology, that way its always attached to me if the mini falls off for some reason.
Ideally the best thing would be a Satellite Phone, though I haven’t found any that make sense price wise.
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I like your plan. No trolling motor is certainly going to make it tough but you can absolutely get it done without one.
Like Devin said, don’t fish the rig itself. We were just catching them in a spot in front of the rig, but it was easily 2-3 casting distances away. In the Jump, you can literally drop your lure off the side of your boat and catch fish.
After that, I would scratch all the spots you have planned that aren’t near the river. Near the river is where you want to be (i.e the Jump, Baptiste, Cubits Gap, First Spillway, Joseph Bayou). Stay close to that river and fish those ledges anywhere nearby and you’ll have success.
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With that tide range I would fish the south end of the trestles and hwy 11 if you can. The south end will have the most moving water, even on a weak tide range like that.
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I also forgot to mention: in the Jump on this day we did some experimenting.
We switched over from a chartreuse sparkle beetle to a Pink Champagne Matrix Shad on the HDS. They hit the pink more than they hit the chartreuse.
We then switched to a mega matrix. After that switch the bites lessened but the size of the trout increased. Zero throwbacks on the mega matrix.
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You are the man!
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And that’s all she wrote folks. Until next time Venice.
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That’s a good point and good to know. I also forgot that most of the newer phones now have satellite capabilities.
I guess the best thing now would be the inreach plus another form of backup (like the Montana). But the Starlink mini is probably the best route overall, I just wish I could mount it to my boat without it being in the way.
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YES
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I don’t disagree with that theory either. I think they’re all pieces of the puzzle. It sure would be nice if we could figure out the perfect wind, cloud cover, barometric pressure, and tide for waylaying trout. There’s gotta be a meteorologist in the group that can get us all learned up on this subject!
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Admittedly I have no clue how they feel the pressure drop either. The best understanding I have of it was said by Capt Charlie Thomason. He said that high pressure can be thought of as “thicker” air “pushing down” on the water. Low pressure is where that “thickness and push down” lessen up and it makes the fish “feel” better. Now, I have no idea if thats true or not, but it made enough sense to me to roll with that theory.
Now, getting to experience a bite like that during a dramatic pressure drop, I can say that in my experience that pressure drop had to have played a factor. These fish were fired up like I’ve never seen before. Even the 15” trout and rat reds felt like studs because they were fighting so aggressively.
I don’t think pressure makes a difference on whether or not you’re going to catch fish and I wouldn’t schedule my trips around it, but it 100% helps inactive fish get fired up. Only way I can say that is by my experience from this trip.
It was decently windy while we were there, got gusty at times but nothing outrageous. We were surrounded by storms and couldn’t see too far off in the distance.
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@JimSki Good luck down there. My first time fishing Venice was an entirely new experience and it ruined me in the best way possible. So be careful lol. If you want to post your plan/spots, I’m happy to give you some feedback to help you have a great trip
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Shoutout to @McLovin for that diagram by the way. Very good stuff. I’ve fished the spillway many times but that picture in my head definitely helped.
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Thank you Cliff! All it took was umpteen skunk trips to finally somewhat figure them out haha.
The water depth was 8-10 ft where we were catching them. In my planning during the week, I found an old post and diagram of the spillway current that @McLovin made. As he mentioned, a large portion of our fish came in the black lines in that little pocket between the wing dam and rocks.
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