Devin
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Great report, thanks for posting!
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Those are some nice fish and good pictures. All that you fished is probably gonna turn on more. There are definitely (or at least were) plenty of trout on the inside.
I was catching them at the power lines on the west side of Lake P a couple weekends ago. So more fish are gonna come out of the lake, or at least this is what I am assuming.
If it’s overcast out, or first thing in the morning/late in evening I would throw topwater on the shallow coves of east Lake Borgne, if wind permits. That def worked for me and should work through this month.
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What tackle exactly are you using to fish with at the Trestles?
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And how are you using it?
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Best topic title ever.
I hear ya. It is what it is. Just gotta adapt or use this time to do maintenance, something else.
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Aric, thank you for bringing this up.
Yeah, the only battery I’m changing out is the chest cam battery. The slickest way to run a chest cam for what I do is just to use the batteries.
All the other cameras run off the house battery, with the exception of the console cam, which will be run off the house battery whenever I get around to installing that wire. lol
I’ve used a few Yoloteks and have two of them, one of which I run on Gnartooth (the old flatboat). I 1,000% recommend NOT running it on something like my tracker because the receptacle is held by friction, not by a lock or screw threads. I will come flying out and then kiss your camera good bye. I’ve left more than jigheads on Louisiana’s sea floor. LOL
Now I use a painter extension with 10ft charging cables, media mods, backup cables, zip ties, and motorcycle USB adapters to the house battery and 512GB SD cards. I turn the cameras on and leave them on (mostly).
I’ve tried running a cable from a large battery pack to the chest cam, but it’s unsightly, extra gear, not waterproof and fails more than batteries do.
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Get your boat squared away! The fishing is only going to get better!
Thank you for the report.
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Coming back with 30 trout is great. Good to know they’re solidly out there.
Excellent report, thank you for posting it!
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I’m not sure what the wind was doing, but I am thinking fish are still spread out more across the lake than one would otherwise think. I was catching them further west on the powerlines and I’ve heard of some coming from Seabrook.
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Otherwise, great report, thanks for posting!
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Good to have you back, Andre! Thanks for posting a report.
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“One con is once you plug the camera in, you lose some waterproofing because the ports aren’t sealed”
Swimmer’s wax greatly solves this problem. Stay on top of it and plan accordingly and your stuff will do fine in moderate rain and sea spray.
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What model GoPro is that?
I’ve seen an Osmo used in pro-production before and it looked great, but couldn’t tell you what model it was. Whatever was current in 2022, I suppose.
I’m using Hero 9’s and Hero 10’s. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen your video before and it looked like a Hero 3 or 4.
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Okay, this makes sense. Thank you for sharing that, I think we are making headway here.
You are pissing in the wind with that jerkbait. Might as well as throw a marshmallow glued to a kite.
Yes, you can catch them on a jerkbait at the Trestles and I have, but nowhere as well as a jig will. You’d need something that suspends/sinks and has a larger bill than that one. Otherwise the fish aren’t seeing it.
An 1/8oz is way too light unless the current is non-existent. Even then, I don’t go that light, not even on the south side of the tracks where it’s shallower.
It sounds like you were getting to the bottom, but I’d be throwing at least a 1/4oz on the shallower south side of the tracks, and a 3/8oz if the tide is ripping. It’ll get to the bottom faster and I will get more casts to get more presentations, which equals more bites over the long run.
In the deeper stuff (12-13ft) if the tide is ripping I’ll go up to a 1/2oz. Especially at the Hwy 11 bridge.
Baits like that Slam Shady are really buoyant compared to the material that Matrix Shad is made out of. Plus it’s more mass, so it won’t sink as well. That’s not a bad thing, it just means it performs differently. It’s a tool, just like a screwdriver vs a hammer. A screwdriver is a good tool, but it doesn’t drive nails very well.
Final note, you’re throwing spinning tackle. A jig really is implemented best on casting tackle. The best analogy I can think of is driving a stick vs automatic transmission. The stick requires more skill/experience but it’s ultimately a faster/better way of getting max performance out of a car. This analogy holds up better when comparing the stick vs auto of yesteryear. Auto transmissions have come a long way, but spinning reels have largely remained the same. You’re bringing a knife to a gunfight.
So, I am guessing that for every 1-2 presentations you get, someone like myself or Chas are getting 3-5. That adds up over a few dozen pilings.
To see for yourself, consider these videos of me fishing the Trestles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bexJ3vKiQmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXypBM9sTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpodDXyBQlo
After that, I understand the Trestles are close. It’s not a bad spot to fish and there are fish there right now, but it is also very pressured. Most of the dumb fish have been caught and taken home in an ice chest. I would look hard at the Rock Dam, Elmer’s Isle, Grand Isle, Pointe aux Chene, Bay Lanaux in Port Sulphur, Graveyard in Delacroix or even the powerlines right there at the boat launch in Kenner by the casino. There’s way less pressure and more options at those places. Just keep those areas in your back pocket for when the Trestles eventually fizzles out in the next 30 days.
“Oh, also, at first when I was using the heavier jig head I was getting all kinds of algae on my lure,”
That’s weird. Was it green? Sounds like snot grass, which doesn’t grow in water that deep. So my guess is that it drifted in from somewhere else, which I have seen before. Your lure was probably snagging it in the middle of the water column on the way down.
Lastly, some days are just harder than others. I wasn’t out there so I ultimately don’t know, but if you saw people catching then that’s your yardstick.
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That is badass.
Man, I’m about to pull the trigger on some kickass batteries I don’t really “need”, but I “need”. lol
