Devin
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This is really good planning. Thank you for making the effort.
So,Saturday looks great, Sunday looks fkd.
Where are you getting your conditions from? I see SE and S winds. I also see low tide in the morning then rising tide all day.
The wind is gonna help that tide come in sooner for higher for longer, especially on Sunday.
So your route across Petit Lake and where you want to fish in Grand will be rough as hell. It’s exposed to that SE/S wind.
Saturday won’t be a problem, but on Sunday you will want to be protected, fishing shorelines that are north facing.
“looking for clean water”
Don’t marry yourself to this. Those fish can/will be in the dirty crap. So if the water isn’t perfect, don’t freak out. If it’s Mississippi River chocolate milk, consider skipping that.
If you do go up into Reggio, then watch out for this known hazard.
I do think that big pond to the west of Redfish Ponds 1 is worth looking at, especially for speckled trout (if that’s your thing). You can drift it with a cork or topwater. It tends to “turn on” this time of year.
I fished it in my last report and got nada, but things have changed since then, so who knows?
Great first planning post. Way to get off on a good start. Good luck!
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Welcome to the Community. It’s very good to have you here.
You’re quite the addition, given your reports inside LA Inshore.
Thank you for joining and posting an intro!
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I like the strong incoming tide. I like the spots picked out based on wind. I like the big points you have picked out for trout. Isn’t there an artificial reef in the SW corner of the lake? I’d be interested to see what that looks like.
After that, it sounds like you’re starting from scratch and you’re gonna find out “where they ain’t”.
Look at my last fishing report. 30 spots and 112 miles to find them from scratch. That’s an epic effort and usually doesn’t take that much, but it did that day. Of course, now that I know where they are and how they’re eating, I have a better idea as where/how to expand my success. And so does the rest of the Community, and they have already built upon my success.
Also, the rock jetties at the end of the ship channel have always fascinated me. Reminds me of Belle Pass. Surely there has to be specks, reds, and more there when the wind allows. I’m not sure it will on the day of your trip.
I do like the ponds you picked out to pole. But I wouldn’t overlook the entire southern shoreline east of spot 11. It looks like there’s a hard/sandy shoreline at the weir by Wakefield Road (see attached). And there are more like that further east down that shoreline. I’d look for reds and flounder there. You’ll be protected from the wind, and I’ve had more success finding bulls in “big” water than little dinky-ass ponds.
I’d run east to get the sun behind my back then work west.
I love spot 8.
That pond off West Fork could be good, too. See attached.
Good luck!
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Glad to have you back!
This is valuable feedback for myself because I don’t see this forum or Elite as a whole from your perspective. So thank you for providing that.
This community is only here to help anglers level up. I’m glad you see that.
And yes, you need to get off that shoreline. It’s really just one giant spot. You’ve got a good boat for fishing abroad. If I were you, I would look hard at trying different places, like you mentioned.
The east of Lake Borgne is about to be good, if it’s not already. All the drains, coves, rocks from Jahcnke’s Ditch to Grand Bayou are worth looking at.
The artificial reef at the top of Lake Borgne, too. As well as the L&N Bridge and the rig you can see just outside of it. In fact, I’d look at the compressor rig on the mid-east side of that lake and that big one off of Alligator Point.
Grand Isle is about to turn on with easy bird action. Search for my report about it there.
There’s also Seabrook, the Kenner Rigs and powerlines in West Lake Pontchartrain. So all places that aren’t too far from where you’re already fishing.
When fall comes, we will probably pressure you into going to Venice. LOL
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I think this is a good plan, but I have not had much success fishing that area, even when the fishing in Hopedale was fantastic before the Freshening.
I really like the MRGO and would fish points/oyster reefs like in this planning post (look at what I shared in there, too).
After that, I’d also hit the rigs in Bay Eloi (especially the Trash Rig) and Dead Man Island.
Or go down the Spoil Canal, hit rigs and points in Fortuna, loop around to the break in the Long Rocks, fish those points, then the Long Rocks themselves, then go up into Bay Eloi, fish the rigs and Dead Man Island, then head home from there.
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If the wind lays down, Comfort Island could be worth your time to look at, too.
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Fortuna Rigs and Spoil Canal route in this planning post
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Bumping this to the top.
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What kind of steering system is it?
You definitely want to get this unf*cked. My nightmare is the hydraulic steering failing at speed and flipping the ram over like maybe what happened in this video or this one.
“Is this urgent?”
YES
“Could I just keep refilling with hydraulic fluid until then?”
Not unless you want to become an unplanned SeaTow commercial (ask me how I know).
“If I can’t get this done myself do you guys recommend anyone within 1.5 hours from Mandeville to work on something like this?”
IIRC Pier 21 Marine is trained/license (or something like that) to rebuild SeaStar systems. But the guy who was passionate about it left there a few years ago. It’s worth a phone call. I’d do the same for local places, especially Cypress Cove Marine, Slidell Marine or Boat Stuf in Slidell.
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Thank you so much, Jason. I really appreciate that. That means a lot. Thank you.
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I think the reef in question has coordinates here at this link.
I have no idea what’s going on with the those weirs.
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Just made some changes, let me know if you have any further errors. Thank you, Ryan.
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Thank you, I’ll bring this up to my people.
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+1 on the Dam and oyster boat parade lol
