Devin
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As for your Baptise Collette Bayou route, this is what I have.
I have no idea about the right hand turn to the south to fish those three coves/ponds but I imagine running into them is fine.
Just take it easy and be cautious.
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“What I cannot discern from GED are the tides whether its a lot of river silt flowing out or very shallow water in areas (ex. Ostrica into Quarantine Bay) GED 3/13/26 image.”
Ok, so what you are seeing there is current from the river disturbing the bottom and making it dirtier.
That doesn’t mean fish can’t be in there, but I’d usually opt to fish cleaner/green stuff.
And that’s why I think that you will probably spend most of your fa//winter in the river fishing cleaner stuff.
I know I am.
But having your routes to get from one part of the river to another (i.e. The Jump to First Spillway) is still important.
Quick note: the same thing happens in the Biloxi Marsh with regard to strong current making dirty water.
Strong wind also has this effect.
The reason the river isn’t dirty is because she’s basically cleaned off the entire time. In the river you have a hard clean bottom that cannot be made dirty without the river becoming significantly higher than what she is now.
The wind can blow as hard as it wants from any direction and the river is gonna be clean.
It’s like a super power she has for inshore fishing.
That and her water temp is way more consistent than “normal” marsh (such as Biloxi Marsh, Delacroix, Cocodrie, Lafitte, etc.)
So fish are just gonna go there for fall/winter. It’s a better home than anywhere else on Louisiana’s coast.
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And this one, too.
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Check this post for your route across Zin Zin.
The one you have here in your post is Stuck City.
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Heck yes!
I’m out of town right now, but when I get back either tomorrow or Monday I can help you with these routes.
Thanks for posting this!
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Did you get a new boat?
If so, congrats on the investment!
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And just to hammer this home:
Consider that you have a neap tide. That’s kinda rough to fish, especially during the hottest month of the year.
Obviously get an early start. Don’t dawdle on that.
Maybe bring some dead shrimp to soak under a cork.
Last, but not least, go to where water moves first, just like what I taught inside 101.
Rigolets and Chef Passes will be your best bets.
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Also, if you do run around Catherine, watch out for this hazard:
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Good planning post!
What Timbo said: Rigolets Marina or Island Marina puts you closer. Both are equally great launches compared to The Pointe (or whatever they call it these days lol).
After that, I like your approach of fishing closer inside.
That shoreline along your route by Alligator Point gets shallow, definitely run wide of it. Your route looks good, just keep that in mind.
Something we did in the 90s is we’d cast out away from the shoreline (cocahoe on a carolina rig) and somehow catch trout/reds out there.
It worked, I haven’t done it since then, you can try it.
Fishing was also waayyyyyyyy better in the 90s. lol
Anyway.
I’m not confident that fishing scoops with the tide you mentioned is gonna be worth your time. I’d at least graph it to be sure.
I’d hit stuff along the Rigolets if the tide isn’t moving well at Lake Borgne. Fish ledges and drains in Rigolets Pass. I’d also try the CSX bridge and the top of the scoop of Rigolets Pass on the west side if the water is indeed rushing in.
Or, cross Lake Borgne (you have the boat and wind for it) and fish Lake Eugene, Lakes of Bayou Marron, Bob’s Lake, etc. for specks (if you want).
Or fish Bayou Magill, Magill Lagoon and Bayou Biloxi for redfish.
If you see submerged grass, that’s a plus. Probably won’t see much, though.
Or <insert me peer pressuring you into getting ready for Mississippi River>.
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Well, the wind is laying down and that’s certainly the time to head out there.
But I’m going to tell you the same thing I told @JDB even though I know you keep your boat in Shell Beach:
Throw that thing on a trailer and go to the River. You know why. You already know what I’m gonna say lol
When people are posting pics of hybrids mixed in with speckled trout…
But, I think you could go to Breton/Black Bay and have fun catching fish.
I would use GED to determine the shortest route. I don’t recall those distances off the top of my head.
The Twin Pipeline has been blocked off a couple times between Hopedale and Oak River, so that will add mileage to your trip.
I’d just go out the MRGO and run straight to Central and start figuring it out, then work my way back to check some inside stuff.
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I would skip Comfort.
It’s August. Trout won’t be there in September through December.
But the will be in the MRGO during that time.
So, I would fish the rigs you mentioned.
I’d scream out there first thing in the morning (you 1,000% have the boat for that), hit those, then hit the Long Rocks and work my way back up the MRGO.
You can hit points/coves on the NE shoreline of the MRGO for reds and fish the riprap for trout.
You can also fish the south side of the Rock Dam. That’s always a worthy stop.
If it were June or even July, I’d consider Comfort because you’d be spending some time out there anyway.
But it’s not. Fall is nearly here.
Or forget all that…
After that, my next recommendation is to skip all that altogether.
Head to the River and jig the riprap from Buras down to the Gulf for redfish.
They are there.
And, while you’re down there, start getting your safe routes.
Do that now before the fishing really turns on and you’re scrambling at the last minute to figure out what to do.
If it were me, I’d skip fishing altogether and just get those routes.
I’d come up with a bunch on GED, run them past everyone here, then go run them.
I’d get routes down the River from Venice to Southwest Pass, across Zin Zin Bay, from Joseph Bayou to South Pass, down Pass a Loutre.
I’d figure out Neptune and Ostrica and get some routes from Ostrica to Beshel’s Marina in Pointe a la Hache, as trout will be showing up there.
Some may already have (in the outer bays).
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My gf is a meteorologist (well, was) and she said the same thing.
I hope y’all are right.
Some good overcast weather for ten days in a row will help cool the water, too.
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That’s a fine boat.
Glad to see the bimini instead of a T-top. You can always fold the bimini down.
You can get some real fishing done with that boat. Especially in big water.
I expect you to do good things in Lake Pontchartrain with it.
Again, congrats!
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Well, you can certainly fish and catch fish.
No doubt there.
I would also make another recommendation: get your safe routes on your GPS during the day then try night fishing.
Treasure Isle is right there in Lake Pontchartrain.
There’s tons of other lights as well.
Hit that right and you could catch some serious reds and specks.
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FWIW, you can use Geosphere to figure out where river water is at.
You can definitely catch trout in the stained stuff.
But if it’s straight chocolate milk, move on.
