Devin
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Ospreys are my spirit animal. I just wish they’d stay out of the pond in my neighborhood. lol
Considering what you caught in the yak, 12 trout is great. Imagine what you’re gonna do once spring kicks off.
I don’t know if it’s too far for you or not, but down the Spoil Canal there are two ponds connected by a bayou. When the water is low that bayou can be real good, packed with specks and reds. The pond you take to enter it can be shallower in the middle, but the water closer to the shoreline should be floatable for you.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Seeing 50 is still good given how the sight fishing has deteriorated.
“Why I only had success in dirty water and not in clean water I still can’t wrap my head around.”
That makes me wonder what the fish were eating. Maybe the bait they were eating were in the dirty stuff. That’s where shad/pogies go after all.
But, if one’s thing is for sure, the marsh and the fish swimming in it will eternally keep you guessing and wishing to know more.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Welcome to the forum! You will get out of this community what you put into it. There’s a lot of potential for you here. Also, don’t forget to look at older fishing reports. They’re a treasure trove of info, ranging from fishing spots and GPS tracks.
So, where do you normally fish out of?
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Here’s a good video for fishing Lakeshore Estates when it’s cold. It is not the only place or way to fish it, but it’s a good look for yourself.
And I’m sure there are more videos like it from years past. You’d be a bonehead to not devour those.
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Also, it’s worth mentioning that just going and trying is 90% of what I do. People only seem to remember the trips where I whack the fish, but a lot of a fishing trip after that is spent poking around, running routes, learning and trying. It’s not fun and sexy, but it is the foundation of what sets up future fishing trips for success.
You did the same thing here.
It’s also worth noting that river water comes from up north. Water in the marsh has been here the whole time. So river water tends to be colder (once it cools off significantly like it has) and marsh water tends to be warmer.
With a water temp of 43 you are going to see trout shut down. That leaves redfish.
Now, that colder river water usually happens the same time the river comes up. So do fish leave the river once she gets cold, even though she’s still trout green? That’s an answer to discover.
I do wonder if Oak River has turned on. Stanley Fink would know.
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I looked up water levels for when I was successful last year (this report and this other report). It’s hard to say because there is no data for Bay Gardene for January 2025, but looking at Shell Beach it would appear that the water was indeed higher then.
Hindsight is 20/20 and now I’m thinking it would be better to fish Oak River, accessing it from the Back Levee Canal that Beshel’s sits on, taking a right turn to that bayou that runs past Horsepower Canal, then taking a right into Oak River and fishing it there.
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For reference, here is Geremy’s planning post for this trip.
“Also to my surprise the water was muddy, I was expecting cleaner water.”
It pretty much always is in that back levee canal, but once you get into the river it will be trout green. Or, once you get away from it in the marsh it will clear up, but with all that west wind probably not.
So where exactly did you have to turn around? Second Bay is mostly silted in, as per that satellite image I posted in your planning post. Did you take my route and where did you have to turn around on it?
Yeah, I’ve graphed a few trees in the river that had fish (some kind of fish) in them and it was Snag City. I would love to learn more about what’s doing there.
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bumping this to the top
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Yeah, I’ve been watching that, too. It’s looking like it’s gonna be a great spring. Of course, she can come up like a rocket. But looking at St. Louis it does not appear to be the case for the foreseeable future.
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“the old Blue Crab restaurant (RIP, I really liked their oysters.)”
The restaurant went out of business?! Man, that must be a tough location. Several restaurants have come and gone over the years. I had no idea they closed.
The key to Eden Isles is to hit it when it’s dead cold. Speckled trout are in the canals back there. Trolling a rattle trap is what worked in years past, but I’ve caught trout back there by jigging for them. There’s a lot of water to cover, however. It can be punishing, but rewarding when you find fish.
Thank you for your effort, and thank you for taking time to post a report for the rest of us!
In the future, I would consider fishing that pond/lake in the back of Lakeshore Estates. Do you know what I am talking about?
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“and go explore Mardi Gras Pass and some nearby ponds that looks like it has deep water”
I do think it will be interesting to fish the ledge on either side of the Mardi Gras Pass. There is sunk tree at the three-way on the north end. It’s also a deep hole there, could be worth graphing/jigging.
As for whatever ponds, I have no idea which ones could possibly be worth trying in the immediate vicinity of the pass.
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That’s awesome, can’t wait to hear it! I love the yak reports. Lots of talent to make those happen!
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That is indeed a good day of trout fishing, especially from a yak.
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I’m pumped for you. You stand to do really well down there. Looking forward to it!
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No, the one south of that, within the Lakeshore neighborhood, or bordering it on the north side. The body of water in question is the one with the two short canals on its north side, one on the east and the other on the west.
There’s no reason why you cannot combat launch there off the side of the road, or at least that’s what’d I’d go to think. There’s a flat/sandbar between the two peninsulas that trout like to get on.
Anywhere you see grass on the shoreline can be good for bass and reds.
