Devin
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Man, I wish you would’ve given us more heads up than this. Hope you did well.
FWIW, next time you have conditions this good, and given the level of experience/skill you’ve demonstrated through your fishing reports, you’re better off focusing your TOW somewhere other than Hopedale.
Hopedale is the ugly fat chick no one asks to prom. On days like today, bag the prom queen.
Yeah, the tide isn’t that great, but overcast conditions are the best to fish for speckled trout, in my experience.
I’d look hard at Pointe a la Hache, especially when the river comes up. The reason being that people are not going to go down there to pressure what you find.
People will 1,000% pressure Hopedale. Oh, you found some fish at the Rock Dam? Great, within 24 hours there will be some YouTuber filming his 1,863,965th video there. Then the Flotilla will arrive because everyone knows how to get there.
But people are scared of PLH. Most “saltwater fishermen” are limp-wristed pussies. Take advantage of that. Higher quality and quantity trout are always nearer river water.
I could tell people to fish Third Bay and they’d puss out just because it’s not somewhere they’re familiar with. They need their hand held. You don’t.
Go get the prom queen.
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I got your care package together, just gotta figure out how to get it to you.
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@Boyce So you know, those tracks are visible to anyone you share your MapShare link with. I have mine password protected.
I am figuring out how to manage the tracks inside MapShare so you’re not handing out intel to bad actors/unwanted viewers.
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@jimmyzshack @Johnspk @ebfulch @Zach_D @Aspiring_Angler @jerrypicaux
Y’all are up. This is going to be a good opportunity to hammer on some redfish, and probably trout, too. All close to the dock. Make us proud!
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Yeah, the lights in Eden Isles and Treasure Isle neighborhoods can be good. The lights in Lakeshore Estates are also worth hitting up.
I think it would be neat to try now, since fish are certainly in the back of Lakeshore with these low water temps. Lots of places you can combat launch down there.
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“Luckily capt was already out on the water and had planned to meet me and graciously offered to host me and the raucous bunch that followed.”
That’s why he is the KING!
“Devin’s favorite”
Yeah, I’ll keep those hardbaits now, you don’t need them.”
“and I landed my first slot of the day”
Disgusting.
“Capt was using a half Oz jighead”
The KING.
“didnt get a single bite on our DSOJ.”
Serves you right.
“Ended the day with 11 reds & 6 trout.”
The KING.
“karma for bringing my kids”
Probably that.
“There wasn’t no fuggin’ banana day 2.”
The KING.
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“a fuggin’ banana.”
Who’s to say it wasn’t there for our Venice trip? It is the salt mines for him!
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“When we got back to the launch I realized I had lost my hard bait box and dry bag out of the boat.”
I see that Giglio wants to post on Zuckerberg’s website, but not on mine <insert super sad face>
And I can get you some hardbaits, dude. I’ll go through my collection and see what I got.
I gotta jet, but will come back and read the rest off this report. Thank you.
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“that there was an option for Sonar On/Off.”
I am kicking myself in the ass so hard for that because I should know that. I actually use that feature when fishing shallow for speckled trout (like 18-24 inches). I should’ve thought to check that. In all fairness, on my graphs the sonar screen will not show if sonar is turned off. So when I saw that there was still a broken-ish, crap image on the screen, I figured it was a hardware failure because I’ve seen that before on my Helix 10. I shoulda thought of that anyway. Too bad, because we really coulda put that to work at that A-spot that we deleted off his Helix.
My guess is that the firmware on his Helix 7 is different. Probably old. lol
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You would need to go under the drawbridge. Your boat will not fit under those bridges. Maybe the Hwy 11 bridge, but you’d be cutting it close. I know my T-Top was.
Also, why do you want to go fish those locations in January? Especially with a boat like yours?
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+1
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Not clicking that lol
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Okay, well let us know how you do. I hope you catch some trout.
FWIW, when the water is low is the best time to target redfish. They pile up and are much easier to get to. Grand Lake can be good after a hard N or NW wind.
Good luck!
Also, if I were you with a boat like that, I’d get down to Venice while the river is still low. And I’d hit the marsh in Pointe a la Hache/southern Delacroix once it does come up.
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Yeah, you’re gonna have to let me know when you’re gonna be at a launch somewheres and I can meet you there incognito.
