Devin
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This man cannot be stopped.
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My understanding is that ethanal falls apart over time and water separates out. You probably don’t run your boat every day. That’s where the problem lies.
At the swamp tour we ran ethanol in the boats, but that was a business decision and we burned that gas that day.
I would not, not ever, make a habit of putting ethanol in a boat that only gets run a few times a month from spring to fall. No way.
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That boat is a friggin’ battleship. No other boat was made to cross to EBM like that one. Wow.
It’s sounding like the oyster reefs in shallow water are gonna be a grind again this year. No surprise there. Too bad.
Next time definitely go to the reefs in deeper water (in MS Sound) and head east of EBM into Chandy and try the rigs/islands you see there, like in the screenshot below.
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Also, there are more fish elsewhere in that area. It’d be great to see fellow members figure out the rest of the pattern, instead of going straight to where you fished and milking it dry LOL
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Did you use sonar at all to find the reef? Or did you just go to the GPS coordinates and cast around?
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“I’m glad to say I had a great day.”
I figured you would. The tide, wind, etc. was just too good and you were headed the right way. Not a “it’s June so I went to The Wall” kind of planning/report.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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C’mon Jude, tell us you brought home the bacon!!
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About dang time we got a snapper report up in here.
You the man, Drew! Haven’t seen a report from you in a minute, way to return with a bang!
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Man, I was super rooting for you. It was otherwise great conditions, but this is the reality of starting from scratch: you might flat out miss the fish.
I don’t know if it would have made a difference, but I am guessing you didn’t fish the Trash Rig or the wave breaks on the shoreline? Or the gap in the Long Rocks?
Thank you for taking time to report.
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I’m rooting for you. Hopefully you’re on a good bite right now!
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I like it. This plan plays well with the conditions.
I would be prepared to fish further out into Mississippi Sound for speckled trout, but the rigs in Lake Borgne ought to do well if the trout are there. I’d also consider the rigs further east in Lake Borgne in wind allows.
Good luck!
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Oh we can have the swim meet still. Just do it from Martin Island to Murder Bayou lol
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Honestly, I think you could sight cast sheepshead with a small bobber, leader line and long j-hook with a little crappie powerbait on it.
I’ve been thinking of that for the last couple years, especially when I go into these gorgeous redfish ponds and don’t see any redfish, but see a slew of sheepshead. I mean, I just wanna sightfish, it doesn’t have to be a redfish lol
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Giant +1 on this. Could not have said it better myself. Very on point.
Glad I mentioned it! lol
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I have fished those ponds before and have found redfish there. I really like going elsewhere for redfish (Houma, Delacroix, PLH, Lake Salvador, Buras or Venice) but IIRC @RyanValentino crushed ’em in those ICW ponds before. Search for his reports.
Your boat size is fine. I’ve ran a 15ft aluminum flatboat from Slidell to the Long Rocks on calm days. The bass boat I had was about the same length as your bay boat and I ran it across Lake Borgne, Mississippi, Chandy and Breton Sounds a lot. Longest run I did in open water was ~150 miles from Pass Christian to Central Rig and back.
It’s all about planning and making that wind call. Which I have done a lot and that knowledge/experience is laid bare ad nauseam inside 101.
It’s a lot of fun.
Going back to the ponds: I would like to see aquatic grass. No grass = less confidence.
