Devin
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Did you get a new boat?
If so, congrats on the investment!
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And just to hammer this home:
Consider that you have a neap tide. That’s kinda rough to fish, especially during the hottest month of the year.
Obviously get an early start. Don’t dawdle on that.
Maybe bring some dead shrimp to soak under a cork.
Last, but not least, go to where water moves first, just like what I taught inside 101.
Rigolets and Chef Passes will be your best bets.
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Also, if you do run around Catherine, watch out for this hazard:
N30.10640 W089.73816
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Good planning post!
What Timbo said: Rigolets Marina or Island Marina puts you closer. Both are equally great launches compared to The Pointe (or whatever they call it these days lol).
After that, I like your approach of fishing closer inside.
That shoreline along your route by Alligator Point gets shallow, definitely run wide of it. Your route looks good, just keep that in mind.
Something we did in the 90s is we’d cast out away from the shoreline (cocahoe on a carolina rig) and somehow catch trout/reds out there.
It worked, I haven’t done it since then, you can try it.
Fishing was also waayyyyyyyy better in the 90s. lol
Anyway.
I’m not confident that fishing scoops with the tide you mentioned is gonna be worth your time. I’d at least graph it to be sure.
I’d hit stuff along the Rigolets if the tide isn’t moving well at Lake Borgne. Fish ledges and drains in Rigolets Pass. I’d also try the CSX bridge and the top of the scoop of Rigolets Pass on the west side if the water is indeed rushing in.
Or, cross Lake Borgne (you have the boat and wind for it) and fish Lake Eugene, Lakes of Bayou Marron, Bob’s Lake, etc. for specks (if you want).
Or fish Bayou Magill, Magill Lagoon and Bayou Biloxi for redfish.
If you see submerged grass, that’s a plus. Probably won’t see much, though.
Or <insert me peer pressuring you into getting ready for Mississippi River>.
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Well, the wind is laying down and that’s certainly the time to head out there.
But I’m going to tell you the same thing I told @JDB even though I know you keep your boat in Shell Beach:
Throw that thing on a trailer and go to the River. You know why. You already know what I’m gonna say lol
When people are posting pics of hybrids mixed in with speckled trout…
But, I think you could go to Breton/Black Bay and have fun catching fish.
I would use GED to determine the shortest route. I don’t recall those distances off the top of my head.
The Twin Pipeline has been blocked off a couple times between Hopedale and Oak River, so that will add mileage to your trip.
I’d just go out the MRGO and run straight to Central and start figuring it out, then work my way back to check some inside stuff.
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I would skip Comfort.
It’s August. Trout won’t be there in September through December.
But the will be in the MRGO during that time.
So, I would fish the rigs you mentioned.
I’d scream out there first thing in the morning (you 1,000% have the boat for that), hit those, then hit the Long Rocks and work my way back up the MRGO.
You can hit points/coves on the NE shoreline of the MRGO for reds and fish the riprap for trout.
You can also fish the south side of the Rock Dam. That’s always a worthy stop.
If it were June or even July, I’d consider Comfort because you’d be spending some time out there anyway.
But it’s not. Fall is nearly here.
Or forget all that…
After that, my next recommendation is to skip all that altogether.
Head to the River and jig the riprap from Buras down to the Gulf for redfish.
They are there.
And, while you’re down there, start getting your safe routes.
Do that now before the fishing really turns on and you’re scrambling at the last minute to figure out what to do.
If it were me, I’d skip fishing altogether and just get those routes.
I’d come up with a bunch on GED, run them past everyone here, then go run them.
I’d get routes down the River from Venice to Southwest Pass, across Zin Zin Bay, from Joseph Bayou to South Pass, down Pass a Loutre.
I’d figure out Neptune and Ostrica and get some routes from Ostrica to Beshel’s Marina in Pointe a la Hache, as trout will be showing up there.
Some may already have (in the outer bays).
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The time of pandemonium with kids is a favorite. That had to have been a lot of fun.
I will take red-hot white trout bite any day when fishing with kids.
Sounds like y’all had a classic Louisiana memory-making trip to Grand Isle and that’s awesome.
Very good.
And, of course, excellent fishing report.
Thank you for taking time to share it!
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Wham, bam, thank you ma’am!
Another excellent fishing report and this one from an area that I’d love to develop.
There’s just so much good looking stuff out there.
Excellent report, tons of great info, thank you so much for posting!
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Following up on this.
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And I will 10/10 buy another bass boat.
If I could, I’d go direct with a manufacturer like Blazer and have them do something custom for the livewell.
Or if I bought a used one I’d just do the same as I did before: plug it and use it as storage.
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Great question.
Well, welcome (back) to the world of inshore fishing. I think your Nitro is a great boat to do it in.
Just check your wiring (mainly the exposed terminal ends) from time to time for corrosion.
You may have noticed, but I really love bass boats for everything that they can do when it comes to boat positioning and getting presentations to fish.
Really hard to beat them.
But they’re almost always configured for bringing home five fish by 3pm, rather than what we do in inshore fishing.
I used my Tracker 195 TXW’s livewell for keeping fish alive for shooting video later, tagging, etc.
But I would not dream of using it for keeping fish on ice, and certainly not in August.
You will want to bring a cooler and keep it in the cockpit. Yes, it takes up room, but it will keep your fish cold and fresh (should you choose to keep any).
Check my YouTube channel and you’ll see tons of video where I keep one size cooler or another in the Tracker.
I imagine the Nitro 21’s cockpit is at least as big as the 195 TXW, probably bigger.
Otherwise, I plugged my livewell and used it as storage.
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Well, you’re definitely in a good area. I LOVE Houma!
Such a great place to fish.
The fishing is slower/tougher now due to the heat.
Not impossible. You can still catch.
But the months to come will put August to shame.
Lake Decade will be worth your time. The fishing there is too easy once the trout move in.
You’re getting started here in Elite at a great time!
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It doesn’t use keys.
Push start with a pass code.
GPS’s are locked, too. lol
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When you do fish Lake Boudreaux, consider launching behind the jail. Do you know where that is?
If not, I can drop a pin.
Be careful back there, as there are stumps and oilfield trash galore. But there can also be a good deal of upper slot/bull reds.
One of the best days of sight fishing I ever had was back there in early summer. Saw 200+ redfish. That was 2016 or so.
Last time I was there in 2023, and it was kicking ass then, too.
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I’ll check that out, too.
