Devin
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Also, the tide sucks. Staying closer to the river will give you better water movement. Venturing away is risking it.
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I have no idea how you picked out these spots. FT1 is Stuck City, my man. There’s a big flat there that has long since silted in.
Take the route I took last year to get through there, like what’s pictured below.
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If you want to make my life a lot easier, a .kml sure would be handy to throw on GED so I don’t have to switch back and forth between windows so much. It will also reduce the guesstimation I have to do. Thank you. If not, no big deal.
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Thanks for getting this out with plenty advance so we can look at it. I will take a closer look later today.
Did you go over these routes via GED a la IF101 using historical imagery? FT1 to FT 2 is probably gonna be sketchy, IIRC.
Beshel’s is a doable launch, but it is tough. It’s silted in and the ramp isn’t steep anymore. It can be tough to launch there, but it is doable. Give yourself plenty of time to launch there. I’ve done it with a 2WD truck launching my Tracker and I’ve seen guys launch 24ft fiberglass bay boats and crab boats there. So it’s doable, just a PITA.
Off the top of my head, I think you’re going to have a cork game more than anything. Also, I would look hard at fishing Oak River. It’s a classic winter spot. I see that you do have Oak River in your plan, but there are some spots I see missing that I will pin later for you.
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Yeah, this report really makes me wonder. It was a vicious cold snap. I bet it turned the water over quick and that those fish just needed a timeout.
So, how many fish turned on later in the day? And how many of your spots that weren’t productive early were later?
Otherwise an epic day.
And +1 on the angler’s network. It is a legitimate tool. Some networks are higher quality than others. You want pipehitters in your circle and you get that by being a pipehitter.
Keep up the great work. Things will only improve as it warms and spring comes around. I bet the speckled trout are gonna be concentrated after this cold snap.
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Bumping this to the top because the time to do this is right now.
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You give me too much credit. Thank you, though.
If I’m around, I may attend. I’ll probably be out of town, however.
It’s too bad that the event is out of Hopedale Marina, as I can see some real hammers coming off of rocks or cane stubble in Venice. Unless someone wants to make that Mad Max run on a calm day….
Also, thank you for posting this!
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“I cant have this dude claiming hes some sort of legend or the best in LAFB for catching a solo limit.”
It’s okay. I’ll get my affairs in order and get into a legit bay boat. Then it’ll be over. Venice will be tamed.
It’ll be tough, though. Thai’s boat is quick. Gonna have to put a 300 on the back of the future Blazer 2400, or see if the transom can handle a 400.
Or just get that Allison lol
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“When its this cold an early launch is pointless IMHO”
I have to agree with you, but there have been a few times I crushed them first thing and then the bite died. Trout and redfish.
I have no idea why. I’m not sure that the fish do, either. It’s mind boggling.
But if I had to bet on morning or later in the day during a cold like this, I’d bet on later in the day.
Man, sounds like y’all had a good time. I love that y’all tried for trout anyway. Better to know what’s going on than just run in after catching a limit.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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A rude river makes Venice easier to fish: now you don’t have to fish in the river. Go to the outside.
Hammer trout that will blow the bricks off the RO20 event and make Hopedale look fkn stoopid will be swimming near Venice in April when the river is raging high.
Yes, that’s a lot of river water at 14ft (or whatever) but there’s also a whole lotta Gulf of ‘Merica pushing back with 200ft+ of salty water.
Just thumb through April posts of the Carter brothers from years past. The fish are there in the dirty stuff.
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Yeah, it looks like the water is gonna be dirty and low. I’d hit the dead end canals east of DeCade. I’d even try that big point in Decade itself if the wind does in fact lay down. The north and west shorelines of DeCade could be worth hitting as well. For trout or redfish.
It’s gonna get a wee bit warmer and I bet the trout will be biting, if they are there. They are gonna be hungry after this cold snap. Drifting DeCade with a cork could be good.
But, what really has my attention are those rocks lining the ICW. If you can, go under the bridge to the east of Falgout Canal Marina, head down the canal and fish the flood gate at the ICW and the rocks lining the ICW. An 1/8oz jig thrown against the rocks can work wonders, if you are confident with casting tackle, that is.
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ATAK is a military application. Just like GPS, GED, keyhole markup language, kevlar, and a slew of other things that we use in inshore fishing.
ATAK can be used for navigation and it is way better at it than half the garbage pumped out by marine electronics companies. The downside is that it takes an amount of technical prowess to use at first. It’s not terribly difficult and, like anything, the juice is worth the squeeze to learn.
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What in the hell is this lol
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We’re here for you. Be sure to leverage our feedback next time you can get on the water. The more heads up you give us, the more we can share.
Tight lines!
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That’s a Port Sulphur lower unit, all day long. LMAO
