[Jason_B]

Plan is a scrub. I see that the locks are starting to close in Saint Bernard. Wind not letting up between now and Friday. To me that signals a chance of water of over the roads and being stuck with your d* in your hand and a boat behind you with no way to safely turn around. Switching to plan Mississippi. Will get that posted over on MSFB elite.

[Jason_B]

When I transitioned from bass fishing to trout fishing it used to drive me nuts that we would spend twilight catching bait croaker at the ms gulf coast harbors instead of crossing the sound to get on out there. But the OG that used to make me do that helped me catch some memorable fish. Just talked to him tonight and he’s still doing it the same way and slaying the fat chicks. He just sent me a pic of some trout that made a 100qt ice chest look small. He relies on tide more than anything else.

Edit: you asked about time of year. He would always do this during the dog days of summer which used to drive me even more nuts. But skipping first light for proper bait works for him. Twilight is a quick flash in the pan during July/Aug and I guess there aint no way the fish only bite for 15 minutes every 24 hours.

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I tried gorillaville yesterday and the water was dark chocolate with too much grass to make a meaningful cast. Even with a weedless slick it was just too much grass to contend with. Water was much cleaner west of bell pass. But we didn’t get over there until the tide died. Haven’t had time to do a report yet but those are the basics as it relates to your plan.

Edit: I did not check water quality along the Elmer’s shoreline immediately west of caminada pass. We teleported past all that, so it could be true that your reports of it clearing up may be in that stretch.

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Very cool. That’s some old school ESPN2 stuff.

I might actually find myself in Roatan in the near future. When you were researching this did you find any convectional tackle guides for flats fishing or are the guides mostly focused on either fly fishing nearshore or trolling offshore? I might have to find a local class if only fly guides can be found. I also have only fly fished for bluegill with the cheap combos and poppers and learned to appreciate (i.e. give up on) it.

[Jason_B]

Thanks for this. I’m sitting here drinking coffee watching the light show in the sky, too scared to trailer over to chef pass. Having options nearer the house is good for weather like this.

[Jason_B]

I’ll consult the St. Bernard locals on the roads tomorrow PM. Plan Mississippi is fishing. I have some old haunts over there that sound like they’re still worth a go in this wind. My garage is now in Louisiana.

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Thanks, I was originally eyeing oak river to get from grand to spanish until I actually measured it.

[Jason_B]

Thanks. My kml attached. Not my best work, but I did give all of the yellow and the Western part of the white the proper timeslider attention.

Wanting to run the white on plane but not the yellow.

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I mean, I have caught them on 3oz HDS in Bayou Thomas. But the thought of me drop shotting in 8′ of coffee water was a sad mental image.

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We went to the tip of the rocks at caminada to look east but the big rollers coming out of the south were crashing hard on those jetties so we didn’t go in that direction. Also looked muddy, at least for the first few jetties we could see.

[Jason_B]

First off, thanks for putting in so much work here. This is awesome stuff man.

I was going to ask if v2 was just a West wind plan or should be the primary plan and you just answered that. Will pivot that to my primary and give it some study time when I get the chance.

I’ve made the run from Leeville to GI before so have good tracks there.

Thanks again!

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Yea I feel bad. Should have been more clear knowing that it’s not a well known launch spot.

[Jason_B]

Will be launching out of Boudreaux’s Waterfront Motel at the base of the toll bridge in Leeville.

[Jason_B]

I’ll do a planning post next week. Just didnt want to hold out on Ldodson on places to poke around in this wind in case he found himself limited. Especially since you mentioned the exact spot where I’ve had GED zoomed in on for a few weeks now.

[Jason_B]

I’ll be down that way on the 30th and have been looking at that peninsula/beach West of Bell Pass. I’m wondering if it can be approached from the North through the Havoline or Evans Canals to get to the West tip of it in protected waters given these SE winds. I’ve also wondered if you can anchor on the North side about mid-way and hike across to the beach side it if it’s too rough in Bell Pass. GED is a hodge podge of stitched images there that rapidly change on the time slider. I think Ida went right over it so maybe the geography has settled in by now – just not sure what it looks like now vs. the latest GED image over 3 years ago. The coloring of the bottom there has (had) a bit of a silty soft look to it too – might not be able to hop out to hike without losing your shoes.

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