Devin
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Thank you, John.
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For the record, I have told multiple here in this forum to go do this exact thing and that they would probably get the exact result you did. It’s like I wrote a book on this or something.
“surprisingly found some trout in the 14-16″ range still around”
Yeah, they’re lost. They could use a boat ride. lol
“It’s just something else when you see them light up on your sidescan!”
Hell yeah it is!
“the winds had shifted to more of a westerly direction”
I don’t know how strong the afternoon wind was, but the powerlines closer to the west end of the lake tend to be more protected. Getting there would’ve been rough, though.
“I can only imagine once the water temps start heating up there will be more reds in the area?”
They’re pretty much always there. When it gets so hot that you can’t stand it, they will be there. They just bite in the morning and evening. More so in the morning. I’ve caught ’em in water 91 degrees.
Excellent work on the reds. Way to execute. It’s really good sonar fishing.
Great report, thank you so much for posting it!
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Did you go? Do you have a report?
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“It was more difficult this time to get on a good bite with inexperienced crew on board.”
That I understand. I don’t know what it was like, if you had to cast, untangle lines, etc. but if you had some hitters in the boat with you then chances are you would have caught a lot more trout. It sounds to me (I could be wrong) you’re pretty close to the smorgasbord of trout. A lot closer than EBM, Long Rocks or whatever.
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“sandbar (location below)”
You are a saint.
“After 45 minutes to an hour of freeing the boat by getting out and pushing”
So, technically, you weren’t stuck. Just inconvenienced. lol Also, way to go on just getting the boat out yourself. Way to man up. Love it.
Yeah, so this tells me (especially based off previous reports) that Venice is the way to go. It is the Promised Land of milk and honey. Always has been.
Great report, thank you so much for posting!
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So, do we know of anyone that has been smoking the trout in that area? Any reports from FB?
I’m starting to think that they’re just in the surf and that’s it.
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Yep, there are some reports in EBM and they’re not reporting stellar fishing. I’d look elsewhere, or at least understand that if and when you do go, you are looking for a needle in a haystack.
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Good question.
EBM = East Biloxi Marsh
Yeah sure, you could try Delacroix closer to the river.
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Herb, the only reports I know of come from this forum and a few from friends. I don’t have any friends save one that fish that area. They’re all terrified of it, especially closer to the outfall of the Mississippi River. The one that fishes that area only fishes redfish and he has not had great things to say about it.
I do think that the rigs by Stone Island and Stone Island itself are worth fishing provided they’re not covered in straight chocolate milk. Stained green is doable. The river is still at 11.5ft and taking her sweet time to fall. Mildly annoying. lol
If the edge of river water is further north, then fish there. I think you’re on to something.
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Yeah, thanks. I was hoping to sell the book for ~$20.
But that didn’t happen because that’s Amazon setting the price that high because there’s tons of pictures in it and those are expensive to print. I’ve considered re-writing the book as text only to get the cost down, but that is a sh*tload of work, as you can imagine.
With that said, what it cost me to learn all of that, put into a proven process and format it as a book far exceeds the amount of work most authors put into theirs, or learning it all the hard way.
I must really love it, because there’s a dozen other things I can do for more $$$ that are way less of a hassle.
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Fish shadows and dried water stains.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
In all fairness I would have looked right at that corner on GED and been like “yeah, I’m idling that”. I would idle and graph the entire frikkin thing on my first time out there (and I did).
With that said, out of the quarter million licensed inshore anglers in Louisiana, there are only enough to count on one hand that post actual Venice reports here. Please grant him life. lol
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I am also bad at counting. You’re in good company.
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Johnson! That’s a throwback. I had a 50 that served me well.
Everyone stop what you’re doing and give a moment of silence to a great two stroke.
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Oh, it’s gonna be longer than that. lol Yeah, I get this “issa looong drive” complaint/argument a bunch. But what do you think I’m doing?
Yeah, look at the address in my emails. That’s not Buras, that’s Pearl River. I drive past every community hole in St. Tammany, Orleans, and St. Bernard Parishes to go slug it out on the river at the opposite end of Plaquemines Parish and it’s worth it.
Same for Boyce and others.
That and just being there is epic (not to give Venice too much credit).
To get around the traffic in Belle Chasse and the LNG plant I will sometimes launch at Beshel’s in Pointe a la Hache and run down the river. That saves time.
But even if your total trailering time was just an hour more…well, consider this thought experiment: would you sit down and listen to your favorite podcast/music for an hour if it meant crushing the trout? For me, that’s an easy answer.
With that said, I sure do love fishing reservoirs. It’s just so more straightforward. Like training in air conditioning. It’s nice. Enjoy that trip, have a good one, and consider getting those safe routes when you get back.
