cliffhall
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“My advice would be favor more of your budget towards the rod”
Agreed!
Definitely check out Tacklewarehouse on Black Friday. They put out some of the only online sales you will see of St. Croix rods. I have a Vanford in my cart right now thats waiting for their deals.
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Thank you, everyone! I was wanting to get a handheld unit just to be mindful of saving space in my skiff but yall gave me something to think about.
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What type of jigging? A set up for jigging bridges/when accuracy matters is very different than my set up to jig deep holes in the fall/when fan casting long distances.
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Definitely try this cut at the end of bayou lacombe. It’s worth fan casting down that east shoreline and in the middle as well.
Get you some mirrolure lil John’s on screw lock jig heads for the eel grass. They act like a soft jerkbait with screw locks. Coco cola and white are my favorite colors.
There are fish in bienvenue right now. Check out my report from Sunday to get the details. Last few years I’d start obliterating them in bienvenue mid September but things haven’t quite kicked off to that extent just yet. Still, you can run into a limit or two if you time it right.
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I used to love fishing the marsh and bayous where Bayou Bernard meets Coquille after N winds. You can work your way around some of the islands around Two Trees. Historically that area would clean up quickly and be protected after N winds. I have not fished it in a couple years but its a spot worth checking out this time of year.
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Just got done scouting our lease for ducks with doodoo results. Was supposed to hunt tomorrow but now I’m debating whether I should take the fishing boat out. If I do, I’ll probably start at chef harbor marina and work my way down to bievenue. Between you, kds, and myself we could get some good intel on all the edges of lake borgne.
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I can remember on 2-3 month stretch on our duck lease where we never caught less than 42 redfish over a dozen or so trips. One evening a buddy and I caught 68 parked in a single spot throwing the most random crap imaginable so we didn’t get bored. Im not even that good at redfishing. Guys like Ty and Sam Collette were going back there catching 50+ sight fishing day after day. Its why when people go out and catch 20-30 reds every so often and say, “see, the fishing is back” I wonder if they even know what “back” actually would mean.
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You guys should definitely get your fill of good fishing in Venice. From there, you can take them on adventures and show them different parts of the Louisiana marsh. If its their first time then every stop will be an adventure for them. I would imagine we start getting in more positive reports starting this weekend so the good news is you should have a lot of intel by the time those guys get here. Its hard to scout so far in advanced because of how quickly things change in Louisiana. I wont be able to tell you a thing about redfish without asking others but I feel confident I will know where some trout are on the east side of the river by then. Remind me/us when they come in town and I’ll let you know what I am seeing over this way.
Edit: It could be worth spending TOW for Monday or Tuesday just navigating some new areas on the east side. That way when reports roll in you will feel prepared to go where the fish are. I am going to give Bienvenue a whack on Sunday so you can use that report to help determine what you do.
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Getting to reds “close by” on the east side of the river is getting increasingly tougher. There was a recent run of reds around the chef pass/ICW area but that may change by the time November rolls around. It may be worth focusing more on reds in Venice to wet that whistle for them and going for mostly trout on the east side of the river for those two days you want to be close. I guess this also depends on what would considered be a good day of catching reds for them? I don’t think chasing reds is worth it anymore but that’s because my reference for what a good day looks like is not realistic anymore. If they just want to run into a couple then you could find some in ponds off of bienvenue that time of year and still be close to a bunch of trout.
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7’-7’3” would work. I’d be looking at a medium to medium heavy rod with a fast action. I like St Croix rods but they seem to be about a half to full power up from most other rods. So a Medium/fast st croix would put you right in the sweet spot. The premier line has great bang for buck.
I used to have a $400+ custom rod for fishing the bridges before I snapped it. A really good guide buddy who has been fishing the lake for a long time convinced me to go with the 6’ premier and I can barely tell the difference.
For casting reels I’d trust the guys here over my own opinions. I kind of pick a reputable brand and stick with that to learn all of their intricacies. Lews is who I go to for reels and I’ve yet to have any reasons to switch but there may be better options out there.
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I can’t say they will come back without grass 100% of the time but I’ve fished these from Rockport Texas to the Chandys to Jacksonville FL in all kinds of grass and it works really well. You can vary the reel pace and try different twitch patterns until the fish tell you what they want. https://www.waterloorods.com/products/down-south-lures-jighead-watermelon-red?variant=19736219156549&country=US¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21096225551&gbraid=0AAAAADNUdMUv6Lg25FO-3TkyAdqBfcOiT&gclid=CjwKCAjw6P3GBhBVEiwAJPjmLtZNhoXSoW-1FYvqwIS8DwLgyaXtLvKYtJhQPbd-7MHrZu4oVnZkiRoCvqcQAvD_BwE
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I’m with ya. I’ve been slowly putting together a hefty tool box all summer so I can feel confident taking my 16’ skiff to the passes. I think the inreach will mostly wrap things up.
I may post that tool list in another thread to bounce ideas off everyone’s heads.
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1, 2 and 6 are great on falling tides. The fish move around the hole on 1 and will usually set up on the west bank of 2. Throw a jig on the west bank of 2 and let it fall into the hole.
You can drift 7 and 3. There are some old sunken islands around 3 that hold the fish on either tide.
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I visualized something similar as soon as I saw him mention tarpon knowing you were out of town. Way to make me lol
