Devin
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Okay, excellent planning post. Great job. Couple things:
Next, in the future, please orient that map correctly. It’s tilted and slightly off-north. This is a case of “help me help you”. I don’t sit here waiting for planning posts. I just check this forum as I’m writing and editing content and helping out is something I do out of the kindness of my heart.
So if someone posts an assed up map I’m likely to ignore it and get back to something more productive. But if you post a map that’s easy to read (humans have read maps north-up since the beginning of maps) then it’ll be way easier for me to look at it and go “ah, that’s what will help him out” rather than sit there and try to make heads/tails of what nonsense is in front of me.
Press “R” when in GED to reset tilt/zoom. Easy day.
Also, if you make your routes different colors, then that also makes it easier:
“green route is good” or “orange route is bad” or whatever…you get it
So, if you look at my attached picture…
…your yellow route is good. Someone did their GED homework but, FWIW, that same route is in the 101 Student .kml
Lots of goodies in that file that will save you time.
Green route is also good.
I’m not warm/fuzzy about your other routes. There’s a dredge project on Bayou Gentilly and I’m not sure you can make a turn at the black circle.
I’m pretty sure you’re gonna run into trouble at the red circle if the water isn’t up. That whole area can be skinny, maybe just avoid it.
Also, I’m not so sure about Lost Lake. I’d look at the marsh on the west side of Lake Lery, maybe the southwest shoreline as well. I’d look for submerged grass. There’s probably a lot over there.
The area circled in blue could also be worth looking at.
Bring something weedless. Texas Rig is a good choice.
Good luck.
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It would’ve been a different day had the wind laid down. That I am 100% certain of.
But man, good on you for grinding them out and making it happen anyway.
You pulled through! Excellent report, thanks for posting!
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“my kids were begging me to come back next weekend”
Man, that’s the win right there. It’s hard to get kids interested in fishing. Some certainly come easier than others.
Excellent work!
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“but not a single bite”
That is the dangdest thing I’ve heard about redfish in a long time.
If the place were fresher, I’d question if they were carp because I’ve seen something similar in Venice.
Are you 100% positive they were redfish?
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Man, given the neap tide and location, not bad at all.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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And if you ever have any further questions, please post them here. I have a lot of experience with this sort of thing and already know what to do.
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I know a thing or two about this 🙂
A Hero 12 is a great choice. Get some extra batteries for it, a mount to put it on (maybe fix it to the center console). A media mod with a dead-cat windscreen would do wonders for audio.
During summer with no wind it can absolutely overheat. Total nightmare for professionals. One way to get around this is to get a white enclosure with heat fins or simply the shade the thing.
At least a 128GB SD card is recommended. I run 512GB in mine, and those run all day and don’t fill up, though on some trips I’ve come close.
You can use the GoPro app to pull the video off the camera and edit clips for your personal enjoyment.
Making fun fishing videos/clips is easy and simple with consumer-level tech. And keep it simple, don’t fall down the rabbit hole of direct attached storage, 5k, proxies, Apple Silicon, frame rates, composition, etc. or you probably won’t have time/money to fish.
And don’t forget to have fun! You’ll enjoy the video you shoot and edit for years to come.
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Finally! Been waiting for someone to do this! I was going to scream if I saw another Hopedale/EBM report. lol
(just kidding, everyone…..very thankful for everyone who takes time to post)
Man, and do the conditions look good. Genuinely jealous. You stand to really stomp the daylights out of the fish.
Well, I know you finished 101. So I’m wondering why you’re not including the 4 mile long accidental artificial reef? Might wanna peek inside the Student .kml for 101. Find it here.
“will be launching at Fourchon marina at 05:30”
I would make that 5am. Solstice was yesterday. If you’re too early or if it’s overcast you can just wait for 15 minutes. No big deal.
Also, don’t forget Belle Pass or Fourchon Barges.
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I don’t even mess with them in deeper water if I am fishing Delacroix. I am catching them in clear, shallow water.
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Your short answer: do what I do in this video.
Long answer:
Okay, there’s a lot to unpack here, so please deal with me.
First, I talked to my Delacroix guide buddy yesterday and he says that the redfish action absolutely sucks. Like, between four trips he had 16 reds to show for it.
Now, there’s even more I can say there, but my point is that the cork bite sucks.
That doesn’t necessarily mean the grass/sight fishing bite/chunking and winding a lure bite sucks.
He has to fish with morons and throw corks for them.
I could probably go in there and squeak out my four slots sight fishing or even blind casting.
There’s no reason why you can’t, either.
So – based off the information I have – here’s your problem: you’re on fish, you’re just not catching them.
Especially when I read this:
“The redfish spinner baits with the spoon get all tangled up in the grass.”
Yeah, that’s why I categorically don’t use them. I don’t use spoons either. Snag City, my dude.
That’s why I use a Texas Rig. It’s cheap, simple, easy and impossible to f*ck up. It pulls throw that weak milfoil without getting snagged easily and dragging a 10lb salad behind it.
Redfish don’t chase and eat 10lb salads.
“Should I just drop jigs into the clear spots?”
No, because the jig will also snag. Texas Rig.
Ideally, you want to sight fish the redfish. If the water is clear enough you don’t need a stand, or even a cooler to stand on. You will see them bigger than sh*t.
If you don’t see them, then it’s because they’re not there. Go somewhere else.
Or blind cast that Texas Rig. Chunk and wind.
But I find it hard to believe that one could go into Lake Lery, Bayou Duhe, etc. and not squeak out four.
Lastly, this is why I ask for detailed reports. The more any of you tell me, the more I can help. Because when y’all do, I read the details and know that the effort wasn’t well spent. Whether that’s “I threw quarter ounce jigheads in Breton Sound on a 2ft falling tide” or “my pond was too grassy to fish”, then I know the problem was not the fish, it was the fisherman.
Everytime I hear these complaints, then I launch the boat and go crush the daylights out of the fish. Details help me help you.
Next, the cork guides are not going to fish that grassy stuff. They just can’t. But you can.
If a grass mat is too thick, then fish the edge of it. Ideally, you want to find something that’s broken up, like in the videos I’ve published over the years.
Or, there will be a channel between the shore and grass mat that more often than not is going to be clear and make it easy to determine if fish are there or not.
I’ve used the above techniques to catch limits of redfish from Slidell to Venice to Houma in a 12ft Alweld with a 2-stroke and no trolling motor to a tricked-out Majek tower boat.
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ha ha ha ha
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Honestly, a used Hero 9 would suit your needs perfectly.
You can buy used off eBay. That’s what I’ve done.
A 13 is overkill.
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I’m rooting for ya!
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I love it when people pick up what I put down. Yep, I meant those rocks.
Let’s kick it up a notch:
I suppose trout can be anywhere on them, but think about how trout use current breaks and you will figure it out by the time you’re done reading this sentence.
As for where to start: well, when you can figure that out let me know. LOL Any of those places can be good.
Given what you came up with, if you start out at Timbalier, then you’d be wasting time to run over to the barges, because all your spots are around Timbalier.
I have a hunch that the barges and east side of Belle Pass could have the cleanest water. If it were me, I’d get an early start to graph/fish the Barges, then hit Belle Pass, then end up at Timbalier.
Very important: I’d be ready to fish a jig (as light as 1/8 oz) up against and into the rocks. Trout will hide from sharks and dolphins there. So non-Elites will pull up to the rocks (at wherever) cast a cork by it, then get bit off by bluefish, spanish mackerel or whatever then give up. But they missed the trout that were up against the rocks.
A floating jerkbait can be good, too. Sometimes it doesn’t get deep enough, however.
Good luck.
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Okay, I thought so. Just wanted to be sure.
That works fine, as long as you know how it correlates to where you want to fish.
After that, most old LASM articles reference the gauge at I-10, so that’s good to know for research purposes (when to fish the lower Pearl for trout, reds, bass, etc.)
