Devin
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That’s not a bad box of fish. I’m guessing it was windy out there?
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Is that the Haynie Magnum in your profile? If so, that thing is a battleship. That’s the boat to hit Tiger Shoals in.
Have you been fishing at all lately? I imagine that area has been turned on for a minute now.
Great intro, thanks for saying hi!
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“it’s about as basic as you can get.”
I fished out of something similar for years and did great. It’s all you need. Your overall costs will be greatly reduced as well. Good things.
“Yes, I’m stealing Devin’s idea from a recent post!”
Good!
“Water on most recent MODIS imagery looks dark which I hope means the water is clear”
Lake Salvador has a hard bottom and generally stays pretty clean. Not like Florida beach clean, but clean. Like blackwater.
“Will probably start with a jig and try different lures to see if I can get the fishes attention from all sides of the rigs, as I have no idea where they’ll be.”
Just make sure you hit the bottom, and an HDS rigged with a 1/2oz weight ought to be sufficient to this end. As for a cork, why not? Throw both. But I bet you’ll have more success fishing the bottom.
“Plan B is to troll back along the south shoreline of Lake Salvador which looks more broken up, maybe find some grassy spots and sight fish for reds.”
There may be aquatic grass there, but I’d expect dirty water from barge traffic on the ICW. Ida really did a number on that shoreline and (of course) it hasn’t been restored. Probably won’t be, either.
For a plan B, maybe try the south side of Couba Island instead. Gold spoon or dead shrimp under a cork is a cheat code.
Plus you can take the Gulf Canal back, but anticipate it possibly being choked out by water hyacinth.
Good luck!
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It’s something else when you see them tailing like that. That’s a helluva redfish.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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If I get the chance to go, I’ll post a report, but right now I have a few pokers in the fire and there’s not much time for a fishing trip. There’s more of you than me.
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Sounds like y’all burned a lot of time at each fishing spot if you only fished two.
Were mullet rafting at Freemason? If so, a topwater will pull the trout out a lot better.
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And once you do have a bead on where you want to go, especially if it’s a new area like Pointe a la Hache (American Bay, for example) then make a planning post with routes/spots so we can give you detailed feedback.
I understand you got a camp in Shell Beach, but it could be worth your time to trailer to Sweetwater or Beshel’s.
The river is falling and I promise you the fish are following it.
After that, I’d look at rig hopping all the way to Mississippi Sound and fishing the artificial reefs there, especially Grand Banks.
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If the wind lays down I’d look hard at fishing those rigs just past the Long Rocks. You can just barely make them out. That’s Five Wells and 32 Block.
After that, I’m assuming you’re checking all the appropriate boxes: putting a line in the water for first light, getting good presentations, correct sinking weight, etc.
If the wind is blowing too much to get into the Sound then I’d suggest fishing points and tidelines down closer to where river water is clearing up, like what’s depicted in this guide.
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The best thing you can do is make a good planning post for those trips. All the stuff that’s obvious to locals or guys who regularly fish the area will be made known if you can do that. If not, you’ll learn it the hard way, which is tough because your time is limited.
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Redfish are at the rigs at Lake Salvador and the powerlines in Lake Pontchartrain this time of year, very few trout if any at all.
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Yeah, it’s hard, man.
Believe me, I get it.
People want/need to be spoonfed. It’s really hard to compete in the content space these days.
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Folks, this is what we in the biz call a “hint”. lol
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start calling him “Uncle Ted” lmao
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lmao police sketch
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