Devin
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“but all that was under them was undersized trout or gafftops”
Sounds about right, unfortunately.
However, you are the man. That’s a great box given that Big Lake is, in my opinion, one of the more difficult bodies of water to fish in Louisiana.
I’m glad you’re posting these reports.
We really need a group of anglers over there who consistently fish/report and can build something like what has been built on the east side.
Thank you so much. I greatly appreciate your effort.
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I really like the idea of Main Pass and the end of PAL.
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Check out the files here for @Jason_B planning post.
If the wind is out of the south, I’d also look at the back side of East Timbalier.
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I like the v2 spots much better. Yes, there will be other boats, but people didn’t build all those houses on GI because the fishing there sucks.
There’s enough spots there to keep you busy while you wait for the corkers to leave.
I’d be confident with that to catch a good single trout or 3-fish stringer.
For redfish, I’d hit grassy ponds that you are going to find wayyyyy north.
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I would be fishing rocks and the beach as much as I could.
I’ve never had much faith in the marsh/islands.
So what you see here:
A – community hole rock jetty that can give up trout and ought to be protected
B – Gorilla Alley (I’m having a brain fart, may have screwed this one up)
You already know C and D.
E and F are ledges, mind the pier folk
G – I would check out those rocks. They are “new to me”. If I saw 10ft+ of depth I am hammering them with a jig.
Note how all these spots are out of the west wind or out of it to an acceptable level. You will have to make your judgment call on game day.
H is just more of G. Don’t forget it.
The rocks at I can be okay.
J could be a good home out of the wind.
K and L are big points that could be good, but I honestly don’t have much faith with.
If you can honestly and seriously throw a jig, and if there’s current and depth at those rocks, you will probably destroy them.
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If the beach is calm, you can run that to GI. If not, take Louisiana Canal.
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.kml for the above
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Okay, so this is what I would do if I were launching from Boudreaux’s in Coco. This plays much more nicely with the west wind and your goals.
Spot 1 is somewhere I would try for a bigger trout. That being those rocks at Raccoon Island. It will be a little bumpy getting there but once you’re there you can get out of the wind and make some good presentations.
Spot 2 could be some decent surf/flat out of the wind.
Spot 3 could be a protected pocket. Get out and wade if you like. Could be good, worth trying.
Spots 4-7 are hard shorelines.
Spots 8-10 are big points. Could be good tidelines there and spots for redfish.
You will probably see lots of birds out there. If so, there’s probably lots of small trout and gafftops under them. Spots 1-7 are where you are more likely to get into bigger trout without getting your butt kicked by the wind.
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The .kml file you screenshot above.
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I would not fish any of this with a west wind.
For one, you will take a butt-whoopin getting there from Boudreaux’s. You mean Boudreaux Marina in Coco, right?
Instead, I would fish in the lee of the land on the west side of Terrebonne.
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“They also have a redfish category but that will be tough with all the shrimp chunkers participating.”
Actually, those are my favorite people to crush. Saltwater reds are skinny and have pointy tails. Freshwater reds are fatter and have broom tails.
We have absolutely smashed the daylights out of fresher-water reds in the exact same boat you’re rocking. The first-ever drone video of redfish being caught was filmed out of a Ghost (by yours truly).
So you could smash that category, but you will be running north to get away from the salinity. I’m assuming that you would be fishing for a slot(s). The marsh north of Lake Boudreaux is probably on fire right now. Last time I went there I saw 200+ redfish (IIRC) but they were mostly overs. Pointe aux Chene can be good, too. You can run to both those locations from Boudreaux’s.
After that, it appears you have a corkscrewing wind up to the day of your trip, and a brisk wind the day of. The below screenshot is for East Timbalier Island on Windfinder. Man, that sucks.
But the east side of Belle Pass will be protected and the Fourchon Barges could be doable. The rocks at Timbalier are off the table.
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I don’t fish offshore. Offshore fishing just doesn’t appeal to me personally and commercially for a variety of reasons.
But when I go to fish the beach (like at Elmer’s) I use Windfinder and it’s wave height forecast has more or less been good enough.
Obviously use common sense…if the wind is blowing out of the north that won’t be affecting the beach directly.
After that, I use this cam on Grand Isle and this other one to see what the surf is doing.
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It looks like the wind won’t be calm but will be calm enough. With a Ranger Bay 2400 I’d definitely give it a shot.
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I’m very confident around deep rocks. Ask @Boyce what happens when I find those. lol
That and it looks like those rocks have been there a minute. When they put in the Rock Dam in 2009 it took no time at all for bait/trout to get on them.
I’d also treat those pier pilings like the Lake P bridges. There’s probably fish on them, just watch out for people fishing from the pier.
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Well crap. I just picked out a bunch of spots using Boudreaux’s from Coco. I’ll post it anyway. Then give you something based off your actual launch location.
Too many people/places named Boudreaux. lol
