Devin
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“Launched at Falgout Marina around 5:10am and idled down the canal”
I love that early start!
“We might’ve done better staying in Decade / Lost Lake all day and not running so far out. But now we know. Still a good day.”
I’d say y’all had a good day and now know where to go (and where not to go).
I dunno if you’ve seen it or not, but I have a planning file for Dulac for pretty much the same conditions you fished. It’s inside 101, but a screenshot is attached.
Or maybe just grinding Decade is a good choice next time you go. It’s still awfully warm, but it wouldn’t shock me if they were in there already.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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First off, thank you for not dropping this the night before. lol
Second, everyone reading this should recall that ebfulch will be in a kayak, just to clear up any confusion.
“10+mph east wind”
What forecast are you using? It’s gonna blow way harder than that. Windfinder and NOAA Marine Forecast are good tools for marine wind predictions.
“Do you approach it like any other weekend, just observing the conditions and acting accordingly?”
Yes, do that, just understand that conditions could change and you will need to change, too.
If I were you, I’d go to Seabrook and fish that with a Heavy Drop Shot. You will be protected from that east wind, but there will be boats there to contend with.
Or go to the Rock Dam and sit there all day. Or go across Bayou La Loutre from Hopedale Marina into the Spoil Canal and go down that first canal on your right. Fish at the end of that. That’s a great fall spot I used to fish but since kayaking has grown in popularity I avoid it. All the ponds, bayous, trenasses, etc. connecting into that are good to fish, too. Plus you will be protected from that east wind.
Geoghegan Canal out of Rigolet’s Marina is another good bet. It’s closer and protected from east wind, but as warm as it is I don’t know how many fish will be in there.
The backside of Delacroix behind Sweetwater will probably be great to fish. You’ll have a little protection and the east wind will have the water levels up.
Or just do what you planned before.
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After looking at the Shell Beach buoy it appears you spent most of the morning fishing a slack tide in 20mph wind. You were basically in a boxing match against Tyson with both hands tied behind your back.
“I also want to pick his brain about trophy trout returning to the pontchartrain estuary now that we are a few years removed from the freshening.”
I would LOVE to know what he thinks.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Ha ha ha!! Welcome to the community. Glad to have you here.
I’ve heard that hunting translates/cross trains with fishing pretty well. I remember KVD making some comparisons, though I can’t recall them at the moment. I also think bass fishing is a great universal learning machine for pretty much all types of fishing. Highly recommended. I’m sure you get it.
Thanks for posting an intro, and hopefully we see a report or two in the future!
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Yes, that’s true. I forget what year it happened but IIRC marinas wanted to sell live bait year round. I had one marina tell me that they made something like $400,000/year cash selling live bait. Good for them, I hope they make a good living, but this is proof that the old saying “follow the money” goes both ways.
I think live bait could help unskilled anglers catch fish when they otherwise wouldn’t, but I think what it certainly does is get people out on the water who wouldn’t otherwise go fishing with that “insurance policy”. That definitely results in more fishing pressure.
And I never really pointed fingers at it because there are certain folk who sell live shrimp who absolutely raise a stink whenever I had, and at the end of the day I have to see these folks and maintain decent relationships with them. Some just cannot be satiated, some are keyboard commandos and some aren’t bothered by it all.
On another note, that’s awesome you found this. I love learning the history of inshore fishing in Louisiana. Even reading old books at the Slidell library that were published many years ago about fishing. You never know what you may come across, or what people have forgotten.
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Hey Bryan, welcome to the forum. Great to have you here, and thank you for posting an intro. Check my last report for Seabrook in Lake Pontchartrain, you may not need to drive all the way to Delacroix or Hopedale if the wind is right.
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“we fishing the rocks at the mouth in the river along with the rest of Venice it seemed”
There’s probably been a good deal of fish there, but I bet it plays out like any other community hole: gotta get there first.
“After a long long day we only caught the 3 trout. Sigh.”
I hate to hear that.
” I don’t even care that I didn’t hammer the trout.”
I have had the most brutal days there of running and not seeing a dang thing, getting stuck, getting unstuck, more empty water and I always leave there like “dang, what a day”.
“I caught some hammers and got to fish in areas I would’ve never dreamed of taking my 17 ft bass boat when I first bought it”
It’s the guy driving the boat, not the boat itself, that matters. Much respect.
“Or maybe they’re not totally there yet and will be soon.”
Water temp is still pretty warm, especially for freakin’ November. There was a great report out of the Long Rocks, so who knows?
Right now I am waiting for some parts to come in for my boat (alternator, etc.) and will be headed to Venice ASAP after those parts are installed. I just need to get down there or I am going to implode. As always, I’ll give a report when I do.
I do think it’s worth mentioning that when I fish 1st Spillway I fish just outside of it on the south side of the weir on the south side of the spillway going into the river. I’ve just done better there. Then, from there, I drift down and fish the rocks.
Venice may need to get colder. I just don’t know. I’ve heard that the guides are wrecking the trout down there, so the trout must be somewhere. But where? Well, I hope to help answer that question.
This was a great report. I appreciate you taking time to post it and keep us updated. Thank you so much!
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What you saw at the mouth of 1st Spillway was probably one of the weirs. I dunno. It’s just Venice and of course there’s things down there to snag. lol
I’d say Day 1 was a good start. You know where to try and where not to go.
“Next cast was a 20” hammer. Both under a cork. We couldn’t land anything else, so I headed north to the second spillway.”
Did you only fish a cork there? You didn’t jig the rocks at all? I’m sure you did!
“I made the run from the spillway, up Zin Zin, and into Williams Pass (West Bay Cut) with the route I posted in my planning post and it was safe.”
This is gold. Thank you so much!
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Ahhh, I should have known that those gates would be close. Darn. Well, shoot, that makes your trip to Dularge even more successful!!!
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Yeah, whenever I think I need a new boat I just go look at prices and that instantly cures me. I hate that fishing has become so expensive!!
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Hopefully that storm fizzles out and the wind will be better. But as it stands right now, a lot of water is going to dump out on Sunday. I don’t care what the tide says, with all that east wind pushing water in then the wind turning around on Sunday out of the west, chances are that Sunday can be pretty epic.
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Okay, so you know, due to the current I was throwing a 1/2oz jig up against the rocks. IIRC it drops off to 8ft or deeper pretty quick.
“I have felt this way every time I’ve left there and I have yet to hammer anything there lol. Adventure is a hell of drug.”
I don’t know if/when you plan on going back but when you do we need to make certain you catch some damn fish down there. Let me get down there and run my stuff and figure it out. Or it may be better to just fish Lake P area until Venice cools off. I dunno, not without looking at it. But man, for you to get down there and run those routes (and catch some fish anyway) and not rip off your lower unit, I’d say you were pretty shit hot.
“That spot was where I landed those first two specks. It’s a great looking spot. I definitely want to pac man those rocks. I was so fired up at that point on day 1, I was ready to run and gun everywhere lol.”
I’ll probably Pac Man that thing in the next couple weeks or so. A lot of B-roll on the Captain Devin Fishing Youtube channel came from that spot, especially the Pac Man video.
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Todd Masson is a good dude. You really have to give him credit for making the pivot from writer/editor to video (YouTube), especially spending so long as an established writer.
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How did I forget to mention this one? Speckled Truth is the bee’s knees. The episode with Greg Stunz and Quentin Hall is amazing. I think it’s this one here.
