[Devin]

Are you fishing the lights from the pier itself or from a boat? I know that’s a dumb question, but if you were fishing from a boat, then I’d consider other dock lights along the backside of Grand Isle. You never know.

As for fishing from the pier: it’s like anything else. Nothing changes. Be there when the tide is moving and get good presentations.

[Devin]

Do you have aluminum baseball bats? A guide in Grand Isle told me clanking those together underwater gets rid of the dolphins.

I’d try that.

The reds in Lake Salvador is good intel, they usually turn on this time of year, about the same time they do in Lake Pontchartrain, which is interesting.

I wonder if the numbers of reds are faring well, or if they’re not what they used to be, like what we’re seeing east of the river.

Either way, great report, thanks for sharing!

[Devin]

Great report, thanks for posting!

[Devin]

I’m sure it was tough with all the boats out there.

Thank you for posting a report!

[Devin]

Thanks for sharing.

Guys, be sure to carry some bleach mix and hydrogen peroxide to clean out cuts the minute they happen. Stay safe out there.

[Devin]

That picture is about spot on. I’m sure SeaTow will be busy recovering a lot of novice boaters.

They definitely won’t be down in No Man’s Land fooling with someone who knows better. That never happens. lol

[Devin]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

THAT is why I went to PLH lol

[Devin]

Catch the full story here.

[Devin]

That’s a very interesting boat to be drifting into the middle of Breton Sound. lol Hmmmmm.

I wonder how that happened?

[Devin]

Hold on, what do you mean by “depth”? I don’t have mine secured to the transom by a clamp, it’s bolted on. There is no depth measurement, unless you meant something else.

[Devin]

I’ve definitely had tough days like this one before. I wish I saw your planning post but I had already logged off for the day by the time you posted it.

With the river being as high as it is I wouldn’t have bothered with the rigs past the Long Rocks (Five Wells and 32 Block).

I’d go back as soon as the water greens up.

Props to @Boyce and @ShooterMcGrabbin but don’t let comparison be the thief of joy. They really planned that trip out and have been putting in their TOW down there, especially Boyce. He’s been at it for years now and there have been umpteen absolute sh*t trips to contribute to the one they recently enjoyed.

That’s the idea of long term success: it’s not one trip at a time, but all of them on a journey. Some people dismiss that, but I only do this for a living, so take it or leave it. Whatever the outcome, you’ll be around in five years still fishing, right?

If the conditions were the same I would run up into East Biloxi Marsh (Bay Boudreau and surrounding water) and grind throwbacks/birds.

Or fish rigs in Bay Eloi. They gotta be in there somewhere.

Finally, thank you for posting a report. After a long day like that, that’s probably the last thing you want to do, but you still did and I appreciate that.

Next time try getting your planning post up sooner and maybe myself and more of us will see it.

Thank you.

[Devin]

Hey Gabe, I apologize for not seeing this sooner.

Yeah, that plan works. The Trestles could give up fish, but it’s gotta be fizzling out by now.

A 3/8oz jighead is gonna do most of your damage there. This guide provides more details.

Hopefully you did alright.

Reports from @Aspiring_Angler are really good, too. That guy just gets out there and does the thing.

[Devin]

I have one on my 16′ flat boat and it works. I prefer the actual PP, as that is what I had before. You lucked out because it’s in my driveway right now. I’ll grab pics and dimensions for you here shortly.

[Devin]

Thanks, that would be nice. I am thinking I just need to overhaul that fuel system and call it a day.

Or just fix up both the boats and sell them, then put that towards a down payment for a new one.

We shall see.

Either way, I have a lot of content to make and the river is at 12ft. There’s time.

[Devin]

Yeah, one cannot ignore that. lol I totally didn’t get my ass chewed. She was as cool as a ceiling fan about it.

From the time I made the call to the time the boat arrived was about four hours. Keep in mind that’s time spent figuring out how to get out there, weighing options, coordinating, and considering that the SeaTow boat was in the water in Hopedale, so they had to recover it, drive to Beshel’s and re-launch.

The whole time we were joking and laughing. It was overall a fun time. She got the entire Louisiana inshore experience yesterday. LOL