Devin
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I’d look hard at the Long Rocks.
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Hey Jeff, thanks for posting.
Some more information would be good. Conditions? What boat are you in? Equipment? Can you jig casting tackle, suspending baits, etc.?
What are we working with here?
After that, based off the reports we’ve had, I wouldn’t launch out of there at all, not unless the wind is laying down and you can get into Lake Borgne. I’d also start looking at the Long Rocks, if the wind is right.
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Yeah, I’m looking at Buras Bayou area (because it’s more like a bay/lagoon now) and think that orange route you have is good. Checking out those bayous to the north of your orange route would be worth your time as well.
After that, I’m looking over that bay/lagoon area and you will want to go over that with a fine tooth comb. I see lots of oil field trash.
Your GED homework will cause you to shine like a rockstar here, or fail miserably.
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Okay, thank you for posting this. I love solving navigational puzzles.
Here’s my initial reaction looking at these routes on my phone, until I can get a better look on my laptop.
“This was recommended by a guide as the safest route.”
Assuming this is a competent guide (I don’t see why not) then that’s your answer.
Is that route convenient for you? Nope.
But that’s fishing. It isn’t meant to be convenient, nor will it ever be.
However, I do find it hard to believe that there isn’t a shorter route. That’s because not all guides are navigational wizards and we all know what assumptions are.
The thing with bayous like the one you highlighted is that they tend to deliver silt to the end where it fills in. So you can be running down the bayou, doing fine, then nail hard sand.
But what I find interesting about that bayou is that it gets wider over time. It’s moving more water and it has defined edges.
I think you can run that bayou.
BUT I would come off plane 100 yards ahead of the end and graph it out past its mouth.
I would not run it at speed in the dark wanting to get to my first fishing spot. I’d slow down and probe it out.
Look at the past imagery and see how the river has been forming that land and water. There could be a navigable channel there.
And you would be smart/prudent to patiently explore it.
Because that’s exactly what I planned to do last year: make a safe route that keeps me protected from the wind as much as possible, going from Beshel’s to South Pass.
I do not have access to that file right now, and won’t for some time. But I do recall going over the body of water in question and thinking it was navigable.
The plan was to set aside a day to run those routes in a forgiving hull, but it never came to fruition due to weather.
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Well that wind certainly didn’t help.
With the river having gone down I’m sure the fish spread out.
Gotta go looking for them again.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“Water temp: 64 early, rose to 69.5.”
Hol’ up.
Did that come off your transducer?
I’m not doubting your observation, but maybe see if something is off. Or maybe we’re about to lose another two NDBC stations on top of SHLB1
lol
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“Would see the occasional “flick” as well – but just spread out everywhere.”
Probably menhaden or shad (threadfin or gizzard).
How many pilings did you fish? A dozen?
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It’s in a couple days, are you excited?
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Nice report. Not bad given the conditions.
The south shore of Lake Pontchartrain should shape up soon. You’ve got a great boat for it.
Thanks for posting!
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The Spicer’s area, I have not fished that part of Calcasieu, so this is new territory for me.
Obviously you want to stay protected from that wind. So I would focus on that.
What does interest me are the powerlines west of Spicers. Is that shallow water? I assume it is. If it were deep, that could be something worth looking at, especially if you have sonar.
What about that bridge? Do the pilings/walls ever hold anything? Lots of boat traffic?
I would stay out of West Cove if I were you, but that bayou running south of the pubic launch could be good, as well as the weir itself. Have you fished those before?
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It’s too bad about this wind, if those are rocks on the shoreline of West Cove, those could be great.
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Good luck!
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Okay, thanks for replying. 20 pilings is good.
Yeah, I’m just trying to get a better handle on how your trip went in order to discern if that part of Lake P is worth checking out or not.
I know that I’ll run as far as 3 to 5 miles west of the launch.
Also, I’m guessing there was more east than south in the wind. New Canal Station and Shell Beach aren’t pulling up, but it looks like the case at Grand Isle.
I’d try it again on a day the wind lays down a little more or comes more from the south. There is a lot of stuff in the lee of the land thats worth trying.
After that, jig and sonar is what I use out there. A suspending bait or cork works well for the shallower stuff.
I’ve given slip corks a fair shake over the years and found they work best around lots of snags (i.e. Trash Rig) for people who can’t throw a bait caster (i.e. Mardi gras tourists who flew in from Seattle). If I don’t see action on the graph, and I don’t get bit/followed on the jig, then it’s probably a ghost town.
Finally, you probably would’ve caught the same or similar in Hopedale. So you saved time and gas to see new stuff. That’s progression in my eyes.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“I saw that non-ethanol is at $4.59 at the shell so I’m sure my wallet and wife would appreciate a quick trip.”
Dude, no kidding. I’m hoping it brings bay boat prices down.
“I thought you thought I was just picking on the pleasure boat people.”
As long as they stay away from where we fish.
Thank goodness they don’t do their shenanigans down the MRGO.
I’ve fished bass lakes where that’s all there is: get skis, ski boats and pontoon boats and it’s a nightmare.
Anyway, I think you’ll be protected well enough and you can start fishing as soon as you exit the boat launch.
Good luck!
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Yes I am aware.
I read back over my post and apologize for not being clear: launch from the Williams Blvd boat launch and execute Plan Fishing Things That Are Not Bridges and don’t sweat the crowd/races because they’re not racing west of the Causeway.
