[Devin]

What I like about this report is that we get to see conventional “saltwater fishermen” through the eyes of an inshore angler.

Yep, when the bait runs out they give up, turn, tuck tail and run for the dock. lol

“we sat there not catching anything other than the occasional throwback for close to a hour.”

And they were probably sitting, too. Man, as soon as I see a boat with people sitting in it, I know they ain’t catchin’ sh&% LOL

“We finished the day with 32 trout.”

I see that and know I can get in there with a jig and annihilate them. “But they were only biting shrimp!” Sure.

But what is great about those trips is that (for me, at least) they’re a chance to practice relaxing. Man, if you gave them a kind suggestion (and it’s not like you haven’t caught a bunch of fish) and they don’t wanna listen. Well, okay. Time to sit down and enjoy the view. lol

Great report, thanks for posting!

[Devin]

Sounds like a good shakedown run for the real event: Grand Isle.

Thanks for reporting and good luck down south! I hope you can get to the rocks at Timbalier.

[Devin]

Hey Ethan, welcome to the Community. Great first post.

So, tell us more. What’s the wind doing? What boat are you taking?

I doubt you’re gonna limit out on trout in those canals, but if you can fish the beach and the rocks on it, there might be something good there.

[Devin]

Yeah, I’ve had a Go 7 act wonky before and I eventually just replaced the thing.

But remember that its just a GPS. Not a bomb. You can get away with doing the following:

Look for simple/stupid stuff first: is it getting 12v? If it’s not, it will act more likely than not act wonky.

IF it is, try holding down the power button to reset (for at least 10 seconds). Maybe that will work.

Or disconnect the power cable and let the unit complete discharge, reconnect and then try powering it on.

Maybe you can get it warrantied.

[Devin]

+1 on the great sight fishing video

[Devin]

You will be “going to know”.

With the wind cooking out of the southeast today, I’m not so sure you’re gonna have flat surf to fish in. I haven’t heard any reports out of the surf, either.

Wednesday and Friday look much better. I know the wind is laying down tomorrow, but I don’t think that’s enough time for the surf to settle and fish to move in.

But you can certainly try. It’ll be nice just to get out there.

Good luck! I hope you whack ’em!

[Devin]

“I was trolling down the long rocks”

Good. Pac Man that bad boy.

But how far did you Pac Man it? Just a couple hundred yards?

This time of year I go further than that. And if I run into a boat, I just go around him.

The video in this guide shows what I am talking about.

The fish could be piled up in one spot or just spread out over a considerable distance. So what to do? Well, Pac-Man’ing it solves both problems. You will either find the fish and stop and whale on them or you will keep going and get them here and there.

I’ll admit that Pac Man’ing it with a remote controlled trolling motor is a chore compared to a foot pedal. Good night, is it tedious having to pick up and drop that remote over and over again. I got a refresher as to what that is like this past Venice trip.

It took some getting used to, but I was able to eventually keep a good Pac Man track using the azimuth lock (or whatever it’s called) parallel to whatever we were fishing at the time.

After that, I have no idea how many boats were out there. Or the fish could have already moved out to somewhere else.

I’ve never done very well on those short rocks. It’s shallower and the tide just doesn’t push up against it the same way as the Long Rocks.

Either way, great report, thanks for posting, I’m glad you were able to get out on the water!

[Devin]

I haven’t heard anything that’s so bad that you cannot fish it.

[Devin]

I’d go where you’re protected from the wind the most. Heck, with it being May I’d be looking hard at the rigs in Bay Eloi or Lake Borgne so long as the wind is calm.

[Devin]

Dangit, I just saw this. Sorry, Bennet. I’ve been on the road.

I did see the weather at home, and it looks like you could have been rained out? I hope not.

Either way, your plan is straightforward and if I saw it earlier I would have told you to send it.

Hope everything went well!

[Devin]

Okay, that’s good news. That’s a great boat.

Yeah, in wind like that I doubt I would try the beach.

But let me tell you something: you’re in a really unique place that I would love to help you explore and succeed in.

I have never been to that part of Louisiana (to fish) and always wondered about it. There has to be a good amount of unpressured fish out there. Or not. I just don’t know. But it does pique my interest.

This is where we begin: you need to know what I know. A thorough understanding is ideal, but being basically familiar is enough.

Because if you did, you would never have asked about trout with a 10-15 SSE wind in May. Ain’t no way.

I think you’d be good to try those dead end canals. That sluice gate looks worth a try.

And those rocks on the beach have to amount to something.

But the only way you’re going to figure all that out in the shortest amount of time possible is if you finish 101 and have a decent understanding of my process to find fish from scratch based on the conditions.

Then come back here and make a good planning post. Show me you’re serious and I will dig into this with you (as time allows).

Good luck.

[Devin]

I don’t want people anymore reluctant to post reports than what they already are. It’s a rare thing to have someone take time and to be so gracious as to post a fishing report to help others.

Here inside Elite it’s process > spots.

Thank you.

[Devin]

This is a great sign that things are getting back to normal. Thank you for sharing this. Excellent work!! Hell yeah!

[Devin]

I’ve got organized thoughts on that exact thing here in this video.

There really isn’t a surefire way to know. At the end of the day, you’re making the best judgment call you can based on what you’re seeing.

For the Long Rocks, I know from experience fishing it for years. If I can pick up a few fish in a half mile, then I’ll re-cock the drift/troll and run it again. It’s an acceptable grind. But if the Long Rocks are truly on you won’t have to do that, and if you think you can find fish elsewhere, then you do go and look.

It’s fishing. There’s no guarantee.

On a day when the wind won’t let me out into bigger water, and all I could fish was the rocks, then I would have stayed there and ground it out. I don’t know if you could have fished the end of the rocks and the gap, but I would have hit that, too.

Now that I think about it, if I saw that the water wasn’t moving I would’ve gone straight to the end of the rocks and the gap because that is where water is going to move first when the tide does turn. Then I would’ve returned to where I caught those two trout once I saw the water was moving, with crab traps leaning over being a great indicator.

Then I would’ve hit points in the MRGO and the south side of the dam on the way back in, especially if they’re protected from wind.

Hope that makes sense.

Increase your odds by fishing more protected water, rather than struggling where it’s too rough to properly get presentations.

[Devin]

I think some fish just don’t make their way out of the lake. lol

What counts as a really good trip to Lake P in June? 100 trout?