Devin
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Also, here is the latest Copernicus imagery for that area (yesterday!). Use that to double check for sandbars, clear water, etc.
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Because you actually took time to post this excellent planning post, and because you actually follow up with good fishing reports and you choose to generally be a badass, I must commend you and thank you and tell you how much I appreciate your effort.
For what it’s worth, if it helps at all, attached are my GPS tracks from 3-26-25.
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Redfish Bay has silted in a lot, and you can see where I was trying to find a route across it and eventually chickened out because it got so shallow. So I turned around and found my way to Blind Bay via some other bayou (for which I do not know the name).
Go forth. Kick ass. Hold the LAFB Elite standard high.
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“What better place to get back to it then Venice!”
Heck yes.
“Sea Condition: In the area I want to start off in which is Blind Bay, Windfinder is projecting ~2.3′ seas at the “Devon Energy Facility”. Not sure if it’ll be that rough in the actual bay considering where the Devon Energy Facility is?”
It’ll be calmer in Blind Bay.
“Fishing Spots: Blind Bay first, then work my way through Garden Island bay, the rocks at the end of South Pass, East bay, then Southwest Pass”
I like that. It’s a little different from what people have been doing. Just throw in the mouth of Joseph Bayou there. If anything, it will have white trout and bull reds.
“like Roseau canes and the stubbles left from erosion”
There is cane stubble like a boss in there. You will see lots of broke off corks in there, or at least I did on 3-26-25. That should tell you something. Whether or not fish are currently stacked on cane stubble, I do not know.
Your tackle sounds solid.
Are you going solo? Do you have a way to reach out in the event the worst happens?
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“But, where are these dang specks!?”
Water temp still has not stabilized around 74. The trout just haven’t found those shrimp yet. We are seeing something similar in Lake Pontchartrain: lots of shrimp, not so many trout.
“my 10 year old son and I, I let him play hooky from school because he hasn’t been able to make a trip with me on the boat in a couple months because of school and scheduling. Getting those DAD OF THE YEAR points, lol!”
Great call. School’s overrated anyway. Who cares who won the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D.? Where the trout at?
Great report, thanks for posting!
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The king has returned.
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“Fished both rigs in Muscle Bays both drop shot and corks but nothing.”
Did you fish the oyster reef in between them?
“in those deep 90 degree turns all on HDS”
I’ve also tried them this early in years past and never really got anything out of it. It needs to cool off a lot more for those deep holes to turn on.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Next time you go, hit up the mouth of Crooked Bayou at Lake Eugene, Muscle Bay and the bottom of the Lakes of Bayou Marron, where that bayou dumps out. All that has got to be turning on soon. Or the mouth of any of the bayous dumping into Robin/Coquille.
Great report, and glad you got the boat fixed!
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Welcome to the forum! Well, lucky for you, there’s a lot of shrimp in the lake right now. It’s possible that we can have another bad-to-the-bone bird bite in the lake once it cools off.
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You know, looking at Windfinder now, it’s evident that it will be blowing considerably less in Delacroix. The mouth of Bayou Lingo, mouth of Bayou Robin, etc. could be good. It’s a strong SE wind, but you do have a 2ft falling tide!
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Did you drift in open water at all? Like way out in the middle where a tideline would usually form?
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It’s that northern shoreline. You can see me fishing it here in this video at 45:25
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You can definitely drift with the current, but it moves kinda quick. It’s not impossible to do, but it will be tougher.
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Just to clarify, you can see trout, they just tend to be harder to see, so much I wouldn’t rely on it. When I am spotlocked and catching fish, I tend to see their faint shadows as they swim through the beam.
That sonar works wonders on redfish. You will never look at a pile of redfish on sidescan and wonder if they’re there or not.
I’ve got some good pictures of redfish on sonar in this article.
“I also enjoy snapper fishing out of Venice so plan on trying to see if I can tell which side of a rig the fish are holding on.”
You are going to have so much fun doing that. I think that’s an excellent application. Very jealous over here! lol
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+1 on this!
