Devin
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Seriously though, I’d love to have seen that on sonar. Great report, thanks for posting!
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That’s a great video Taz got for you. Hey what’s that thing floating in the water
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“And any thoughts on time of day that is best to go please let me know.”
Fish all day if you can. Sometimes they bite first thing in the morning and that’s it, sometimes it seems like they need to warm up and bite in the afternoon.
With redfish, when they are shallow, you only need to jump them to know they are there. If they are deep, then you will see them on the graph and know that they are there, even if they’re not biting.
I’d rather spend TOW learning where they are and have a few spots no one else is at in my back pocket than catch a limit doing what ultimately amounts to shooting fish in a barrel in a community hole.
One is difficult to achieve but rewarding, the other one is neither.
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“Is it really as easy as just going over to the Ycloskey Bridge and throwing some dead shrimp on a jig head off the bank?”
Yes.
“if anyone has tips beyond what I just stated?”
Go in a boat and find the same thing in the marsh.
“launch at Fishermens friend and literally float right in that area in front of it and cast down with dead shrimp.”
That’s The Pen. It’s a community hole and has been making a comeback, though it’s still a shadow of its former self.
It absolutely can be on and, if it is, the rest of Chalmette, NOLA East, Arabi, Slidell, and Violet will be there, too.
Advice from someone who’s BTDT and made a living from it: break out GED, do your homework and find your own Jubilee somewhere else. This is the time to do that. You can absolutely lay the smackdown on some fish somewhere no one else is fishing.
Or you can roll the dice slugging it out with the rest of the Flotilla. Then next year under the same conditions you’ll be back here at the drawing board asking us what to do.
It’s your call.
If it were me, I’d rather learn where they ain’t.
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“I’m a sponge trying to soak up as much fishing knowledge as I can so we can go catching instead of just fishing.”
The best way you’re going to get there is by using the process taught inside 101 and Winter Fish Location.
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There really isn’t much planning to do for Geoghegan. It’s a single spot close to the dock. You literally idle there.
There isn’t much feedback to give: Geoghegan usually turns on after a strong cold front, like what we just had. I think it’s worth trying on Sunday, but I bet everyone else and their mom will be there if there’s any fish at all.
I think you’re better off figuring out a slew of fishing spots, at least a dozen, and running those. You’ve got the boat for it. Deep holes, bends in bayous, still water, dead end canals, that sort of thing.
After that, I’d fish artificial for speckled trout with a drop shot or jig.
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“but now that it’s colder I’m thinking I should be looking for some deeper holes to find trout.”
Yup, that’s what I would do.
“I wonder if it’s gonna be too cold for trout”
Maybe not, Grand Isle is reporting 52 degrees. It’s when it gets into the 40s that trout start shutting down. I would expect the river water to be colder (though more stable).
I think you have a good plan, just ensure that your routes are solid, as the water will probably be low and the bottoms in PLH are hard, not soft. Not forgiving at all.
Make sure your GED homework is locked on.
Looking at what you’ve provided, IIRC, south of Tideline 2 is silted in pretty good. You will probably see standing birds there.
I remember fishing Hole 6 last year and not catching anything. Only fished it once, though.
IIRC, Hole 2 is a narrow channel that is heavily silted on each side. Might wanna take it slow.
Last year I caught good in that area, so I think you have a chance. Good luck!
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You mean the 29th?
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Gotta love a blown out Louisiana prop
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Maybe Michoud will produce as well.
Good luck!!
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Thank you for letting us know.
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I’m not sure tagging works all that well. I haven’t had any of the speckled trout from years past come back to me. Most that were recaptured were recaptured in the immediate area within a short amount of time.
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That’s a shame, and not the only way Louisiana is a mess. This state is FUBAR, especially when compared to her neighbors on the Gulf Coast.
Is it too much to ask to clean up the oil field trash?
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Can’t wait to see you test it. It boggles my mind that such a tiny thing can talk to satellites, but here we are in 2026.
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Sometimes, but you’d be better off going further south. I’d look hard at The Pen, Sulphur Mine at PAC or Catfish Lake.
