Devin
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Pass Christian launch is huge, free and you’ll get there faster than Bayou Caddy or LaFrance.
That’s what I use.
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Glad to hear the fish were released.
Even happier to hear about the productive grind.
Sometimes you just gotta get in there and grind it out to make it happen.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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I’m assuming this is one of those crowd-sensor things?
I wonder where they installed it.
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If the surf lays down, your 22ft boat is plenty.
How did your 5/16/26 trip go? I helped you out with that then never heard back.
Why don’t you use the process I teach inside 101? That would fill in most of the blanks here, and ultimately lead you to much better success inshore fishing.
I personally feel that you are otherwise setting yourself up for failure.
Because when you say…”Plan on throwing top water, matrix shad swim baits, and artificial shrimp under a cork.”
So you plan on throwing topwater after throwing a cork and not catching anything under it? Sounds like a waste of time. You won’t have much time to find fish. It’s July. It’s hot outside.
“then I will search the marsh for clean water”
Your plan is to just drive around and look for clean water? Sounds like a time-wasting scavenger hunt and a good way to discover oil field trash with the only lower unit on your boat.
I know the courses aren’t as fun as other things. I understand that it’s work. But it’s substantially less work than what I endured learning it, even less than what you would have to personally undertake, and the fastest shortcut to knowing where to go and what to do.
If there were a better way, I would have made it. But there’s not.
What I’m looking for from you: the spots you want to fish, why you picked them out, how you’re gonna get to them and back to the dock.
That’s something I can give you some real feedback on.
Until then, all I can say is “yes, you can do the beach”. Maybe also try the Fourchon Barges and other rock piles in the area.
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“Would you make this run given that forecast, or would you consider the thunderstorm risk too high?”
Yes, I would go based on that and what Windfinder is predicting for Breton Island. Done that exact run a thousand times under similar conditions.
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“The strange part was the ponds looked great super clean”
The ponds were great. You did a good job finding that good looking water. It sounds like you did everything right.
The problem isn’t you, it’s the redfish. For one there’s just not that many of them, and I am 99.99% certain that exact pond gets raked over by bow fishing outfits. I’ve seen them pull into other ponds into the vicinity, I could not imagine why they would spare that one.
You also described a fishing trip I had to the River a couple years ago where I found all kinds of gorgeous ponds full of everything but redfish.
Hmmmm…what exclusively targets redfish? It must be the porpoises!
Sarcasm aside, I’ve fished that pond before and it’s a great one and it has been loaded with redfish in years past.
Just keep doing what you’re doing. You will find the Mother Lode.
Brother, I love how the next trip you went to Port Sulphur, rather than going back to the same pond and scratching your head as to why you’re getting the same result. That kinda move right there is the difference between getting the same ol’ results and really growing as an angler.
I’d be interested to see what you can get into off of LA-23 down toward Venice. There’s gotta be some good grass there you can launch into.
Great reports, thanks for posting! Way to show boaters how to think and how to do it!!
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Okay, cool. A couple things. Let’s address this one first:
“I want to spend more time fishing than boat riding”
Yeah, no kidding. lol Me, too. While we’re at it, I would like all my scratch-off tickets to win money.
Unfortunately, there’s an amount of risk with gas station lotteries and fishing.
If you’re starting from scratch then that’s what you’re left with: managing that risk. The best way to do that is to use the process I teach: picking out spots based on the conditions and fishing them in a row, eliminating unproductive water to zero in on the Mother Lode.
Which brings me to my next point: The Process is the appropriate mindset to have.
When you have that, then you can start making progress. When you don’t, you are stuck with re-inventing the wheel each time you go fishing.
Take it from the guy who’s made it doing this for a living: the paragraph above is where it’s at. I can only show people the door. I can’t help them if they’re not willing to open it and walk through.
Moving on: all the areas you mentioned are worth trying, in my opinion. I would forego the Long Rocks because it’s a dismal community hole. Everybody and their mom will be there to pressure the fish to go somewhere else.
After that, you’re not really starting from scratch. Brother, you’ve got access to the best fishing reports in Louisiana one can get. Show me where better ones are posted.
I don’t require anyone to post anything beyond a general area, and members in here are posting exact spots. I’d say folks here have painted a pretty clear picture where to concentrate your effort on Wednesday. Did you thumb through recent reports? What did you see?
Here’s what I would do, and I’m talking about me personally (so nobody get your feelings hurt): forget all the areas you listed.
They’re garbage.
Me, personally (IF the wind lays down), I would rather lay down on train tracks than spend all morning grinding throwbacks or do anything besides set the hook on trout that I need to measure because they’re too long. That is Louisiana summer fishing.
If it were me, I’d run deep into the Sound. I’m going to Little Central, 32 Block, Five Wells, Dope Boat, all the way to Central Rig and beating the daylights out of each spot with sonar and a jig.
Just run past the Long Rocks and generally head east and hit whatever sticks out above the water.
If the wind does NOT lay down, then I’d start in Mississippi Sound and work my way down the east edge of EBM, using islands as needed to stay in lee water. I’d find oyster reefs and artificial reefs in deeper water and fish those with a cork and jig.
And I would be unsatisfied with that, and would curse the wind for being wind, but would take what I could get.
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“I did learn a whole new area of Louisiana that I know has fish”
This is what it’s about: the long term game.
Let me consult my crystal ball: ah yes, this fall Delacroix will turn on with keeper specks while Hopedale and Biloxi Marsh are Throwback City.
This fall you will want to catch those fish and this fall you will have tracks taking you to them.
The people who refuse to do this homework because they’re scared to come out of their comfort zone won’t have this benefit.
They’ll just go to Biloxi Marsh or the same spots in Shell Beach or (heaven forbid) The Wall as if the river wasn’t high for ten years and has been down for the last five.
“bUt tHaT’s wHerE uH cAuGht ‘eM”
Well, not anymore. River is down.
That and you can still get on redfish (far more redfish) than you can in Shell Beach/Rigolets/Wall/Biloxi Marsh.
You did the right thing. Excellent work.
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I love that!!!!
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Yes, this dude slays in a kayak while boaters are out there stressin’ where fish are.
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Do you think I forgot where the river is or do you think I have a hunch there’s a ton of reds down there?
Why would slot reds be unbothered by that river?
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Post an intro if you get a chance. Don’t be a stranger. Thank you.
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Yup. Same as the Chalmette Wall during fall/winter.
Trout just aren’t showing up like they used to.
Hmmm…I wonder what changed? And how would that change dictate where to launch the boat next?
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As long as they’re working and not for parts, that’s a helluva deal.
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+1 on this, but I have certainly found redfish on the inside during summer, especially when sight fishing
