Devin
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What’s important with the HDS (and anything you could ever tie on) is not “working” it or whatever, it’s getting that presentation in front of the fish.
Did the bait get to where you think fish are? Yes? Did you get bit? Great, reel that fish in and do it again.
Didn’t get bit? Cast somewhere else. Rinse and repeat until you either find fish or move to your next spot.
If you really want to feel warm and fuzzy I have YT videos where you can watch me cast the thing.
Don’t get sucked into the bottomless black pit of how to work it. What matters is presentations. Can the fish see the fcking thing?!
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Yeah, I think your report more or less reflects mine from the last time I was down there.
I am also thinking “most water, least fish” scenario.
To get after these fish you’re just gonna have to cover more water. It’s a giant PITA. The fishing is good, but still a shadow of what it used to be.
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In my experience fishing that area and judging those predictions, you want to see that wave height well under 2ft. Otherwise the beach is dirty and you’re getting your ass kicked. “Doable” is a charitable word.
I like to see wave height under 1ft the day preceding and the day of my trip. A little over 1ft is more “doable”, like 1.3ft.
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If you have firearms that you regularly shoot, then that ultrasonic bath may be a worthy investment. For what you would pay someone to do it, you can buy one. I’m looking at price points ranging from $70 to $160 on Amazon.
You can also use one to clean eyewear and jewelry.
Otherwise, I have not ran a two-stroke in 11 years. I’d be tempted to find a YouTube video for that specific carb and do it myself.
Or just find a shop that can confidently do it. Call them and ask. If they give anything other than a confident “yes” then look elsewhere. That’s really all I got.
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Man, let’s help this guy get his outboard fixed, he’s a proven report-poster! We need that War Eagle back in the game!
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My guess was west of Goose Point. Overall looks like a good install location. The other shell pad/reef balls isn’t far away, either.
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I cleaned those up here:
30° 15’15.91” N 89° 57’55.76” W
30° 15’12.44” N 89° 58’01.76” W
30° 15’19.30” N 89° 57’50.10” W
30° 15’14.77” N 89° 57’49.00” W
30° 15’16.98” N 89° 58’02.86” W
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There’s an app for the Garmin InReach that works best to send/receive texts.
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Yeah, I got a SpotX messenger years ago to trial/review and it wasn’t that great. It hardly worked.
Garmin’s InReach just works. I love tech that just works and no errors, not working, etc.
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A really good option that can be a little pricey but definitely just works is Starlink Mini. I’m accessing this forum now through one. Literally just plug it in and throw it on the lawn and *voila* you’re on the Internet.
And I ordered one for the house, because Spectrum is continuously not working for whatever reason despite having a monopoly on the terrestrial grid. It’s Monday, there’s work to do, I am annoyed because I couldn’t get on the Internet and work. Like, what the hell? So Starlink it is. And when we get whacked by a storm I will still have Internet. Spectrum can crawl up my ass and fight for air.
Anyway, I digress.
My point is that if you invest in a Starlink Mini you will have an option to get Internet out on the water (or anywhere in the world, pretty much) and when you inevitably get an Internet outage at your home you can use it as a backup. It costs $50/month and you can pause your subscription when you’re not using it. You do have to pay for the hardware (a dish, cable and wall adapter) that’s about $300 IIRC. The wifi router is built into the dish. It’s super slick.
The next step is getting SeaTow onboard with the future. I’ve talked to the NOLA franchise owner about this, telling him that a simple and free solution for SeaTow is to get on Signal, a secure messaging app that’s pretty standard these days. SMS is out, data is in.
Perhaps there’s a data-to-SMS app out there, but ultimately it would be better for everyone to just use data.
After that, there’s the SeaTow app, but I have no idea if it’s wonky or not. It’s probably wonky.
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I love it. Glad to hear about the Helix. If you have a PC then you will want to consider using Humminbird PC to transfer waypoints/tracks.
This course here helps to that end: https://www.lafbelite.com/course/hbpc/
There’s always next weekend. Love the positive attitude. You’ll whack ’em. It’s just a matter of time right now.
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When we get more content to filter, I’ll implement that. Great idea.
Yeah, the search is way better than FaceCrap. I just love all things that are good tech, and this platform is a step in that direction.
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I dunno, how did someone figure out smoking frog spit produces psychedelic effects? LOL
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If you get time, please post a separate report. Thank you so much!
