Devin
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“Inshore fishing is rough on your hands. You get knicked all the time by all kinds of things. If you have any doubt about how a wound is healing, go in quickly. While we worry about vibrio down here, don’t rule out the others too. Swelling is bad.”
Truer words have not been spoken.
“Gafftops can frick right off.”
Yes they can!
FWIW, if the gafftop is heavy enough, you can get the flipper on the hook and twist it 90 degrees to get it out without flipping the big catfish.
After that, you are the friggin’ man. Way to man up and get it done. Glad to see you got back out on the water instead of quitting fishing. Also glad to hear that you recovered. I’ve seen bacteria get people, even from something as simple as getting poked by a hook.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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I’m embarrassed to say how much tackle I’ve accumulated over the years, to such an extent that I now realize how much of it is not needed and I would probably benefit from selling it off.
A lot of it is tweaking what already works (i.e. jigging Matrix Shad) with a specialized piece of tackle (like some fancy jighead or unique soft plastic). This effort was good for my overall fishing education but never really paid out in a big way. It was rarely (or ever) a game changer.
Sure, some lures are just made better and perform better. No doubt.
But what I’ve found is what we knew all along: just find biting fish in the first place. If jigging Matrix Shad isn’t catching fish at The Trestles then putting on a fancy Japanese soft plastic probably isn’t going to unlock a bite. The fish probably aren’t there, is what more often than not turns out the be the case.
Now, what I have found is that taking advanced skills like jigging to other parts of Louisiana and applying them to fish that just don’t see those techniques. This isn’t always the case, but usually I can slide into community holes elsewhere (I’m thinking the rock piles at Grand Isle and Fourchon Barges) and throw a jig, jerkbait or whatever and catch fish when other people fishing “conventional” tackle can only sit and watch.
Venice has been another place jigging has excelled, but last year I learned that Lake Decade trout want something under a cork and it has to be chartreuse and that is it.
Nerding out over tackle is part of the passion for fishing, no doubt about that.
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Blue cats are great eating.
I thought I replied to this report, but guess I didn’t.
Great report and thanks for posting! I think we’re all ready for fall.
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Also, I’ve got a course called Fall Fish Location that breaks all this down Barney-style. Find it in the course catalog here.
And there’s always the search function, @keithl asked the same thing last month in this post.
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I’ve also caught them inside the marsh this time of year, during the day on a hard falling tide, as far inside as Four Horse in Delacroix and Lake Eugenie in Biloxi Marsh.
But if I were you, and if the wind were laying down, I’d keep punching out into bigger water for the next month.
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I have caught trout as far inside as the east side of Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Catherine as early as this time of the year at the dock lights at night. Specifically Treasure Isle and any dock lights you see in Lake Catherine. There will be throwbacks, but keepers usually tend to be there.
I’ve got some videos on YouTube fishing these spots:
I’d also use this guide as well.
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Sounds like a solid box.
Was there any size to the croakers?
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Coco is a great place to fish. Lots to do over there.
It’s great to have you here, Jim. Thank you for posting an intro!
The summer has been pretty good, but we are all looking forward to fall.
Lake Boudreaux trout are something I always wanted to figure out. I imagine it sets up like Decade, lots of drifting and corking.
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My buddy who is a guide in Delacroix just bought one. I saw it the other day and it is a friggin battleship. The deck is so spacious, simple and to the point, and there’s plenty of room for a couple large coolers, perfect for food/drinks and icing down fish properly.
It really is just a straight fishing machine. The capped hulls are pretty, but I am over scrubbing gelcoat for the rest of my life. I don’t see myself getting into another capped hull unless I could find a really good deal on one.
But right now I’ve got a few pokers in the fire that must be tended to before buying a bay boat. All in good time. Can’t wait!
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That’s what I’m saying! Smarter, not harder!
Hey, did the drum have any worms in them? How were the fillets?
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Ha ha ha ha ha! No, Contenders are nice, but not my jam. Next boat will probably be a Blazer 2400.
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“I guess my hopes are that I can pull out a better class of wary fish on heavily pressured spots like HWY 11 or the MRGO rocks.”
Yeah, I think you can do that. Only to a point, you will eventually maximize your presentation, but I think you can do that.
Of course, keeping in mind that the real state record trout was caught on a friggin sparkle beetle. lol
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You and me both! But I won’t believe it until she’s dying and dead in the North Atlantic.
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Well, I don’t have an iPhone 16 and don’t see myself going back to Apple. So I really don’t know what its features are and how they really work.
But I’ll say that the inReach battery will last much longer, the thing is pretty much bomb proof, it can get wet, won’t overheat, and I’m guessing the SOS signal from it will be taken more seriously than something from iPhone. You can leave an inReach clipped into something like your life jacket or a big float like what we use for Boga grips.
I’m sure there are false distress calls from iPhones all the time, probably not so many from inReach devices.
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Man, if trout taste like filet mignon or Bucee’s brisket, it would be over. I’d be out there every day whacking a limit to the best of my abilities. lol
