Devin
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Some screenshots of interesting parts of the book.
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“1st stop MRGO right at entry of spoil canal, lots of activity, no bites”
That’s how it has always been for me.
Yeah, it’s just sad to see how much Deadman has eroded away. I remember when it stretched just about all the way to that rig in the distance. lol
Either way, great report. Thanks for posting!
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But let me tune you in on to something else:
Forget summer fishing. You already got some trips in. You got the experience, you had some fun.
Now focus on what’s coming: fall fishing.
Now is a good time to do your 100 hour maintenance, go over all your electrical connections/wiring, clean them, make sure everything is getting 12 volts from the battery, your motor is making 13-14v when running, etc.
Take apart your trailer hubs, inspect, clean, grease and re-install.
Trailer lighting. Bilge pumps. Radios. Test your gear. Refill spools. Organize tackle.
Clean up your GPS tracks and organize them for fall.
Because once fall kicks off it is going to be balls to the wall. Wall to wall fishing.
That is not the time to f*ck around with flat tires, blown bearings, glitchy GPS units, shoddy trailer lights that will get you pulled over, so on and so on.
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Seeing that you started from scratch and came back with 16 trout isn’t bad at all.
Preferably, what you could do is build on that. It sure is nice when you can get back out there the next day.
That’s the advantage guides have. They’re not inherently better at fishing than you:
1. They’re just on the water more than you and
2. are often talking to other guides who are also on the water at the same time.
It’s really hard to beat that kinda TOW and angler network.
I think that if you could get back out there that you would zero in on the fish even more or completely.
And that’s because Central is a giant place. It’s huge.
There’s so many places trout can be stacked up while every other spot is trash fish.
Overall, good job.
Yes, I know another member posted a report slaying them, but I doubt he did that on a whim. I’m sure he had #1 and #2 to some degree or another. Which is fine. Building your angler network can be part of the game if you choose to do so.
I largely don’t. Usually because the relationship is lopsided: I have more to give than people do. That and I’m hardheaded and would rather find out on my own, even if that means burning extra gas and possibly striking out.
So I know what it’s like to endure what you wrote:
“Where the F are the trout? panic setting in, doubt is creeping in, i suck at fishing, i am being humbled today”
Dude, I completely get that.
Now imagine being me in an easily recognized boat. That’s a lotta pressure. lol
That’s why I put so much emphasis on the process and writing reports for personal use.
If I had your report, I’d be stoked. You have come away with actionable intel.
What you need to do next is write a detailed report for personal use and squirrel it away in a folder labeled “7-24-26 Breton Sound Trout” with the day’s pictures and GPS tracks. You will want that information unstained by bad memory in ten years.
Future ChasinFun will thank Past ChasinFun.
And, if you’re not sure about what I’m saying, just remember this report I posted a couple years ago.
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Well, that’s disappointing.
The majority of guys out there have no idea what they’re doing, and manage to get by hammering a square peg into a round hole.
I have a lot of work to do. Thanks for reminding me. lol
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I have a lot of feedback on your Breton Sound report I’ll post in a bit. The short of it is that I think you did well. Don’t beat yourself up.
If the wind weren’t so bad, I’d say go for Plan Triple Tail.
But maybe not with that wind. But also maybe.
It looks like you could hug the Mississippi coast and sort of stay in the lee of the land, checking crab traps along the way.
Triple tail can get on crab traps just at the mouth of Bay St. Louis, too.
It looks like the wind can be calmer going west to Louisiana.
IIRC, there are some reefs along the way you can fish.
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I envy you guys, y’all are gonna have a blast.
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Good luck to y’all! The conditions ought to be good. Hope that young man has a good one out there! Thank you for taking him!
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Bumping this to the top.
Don’t forget to try night fishing. Treasure Isle and Lake Catherine.
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Hell yeah! Thank you for driving down and fishing Louisiana.
Definitely come down in October. Fall ought to be in full swing by then and we’ll have a thing or three figured out by then that you can take advantage of.
You may not have to go all the way to Venice, but I imagine all the fish will be down there anyway. The river is getting to 5ft next month (or it’s predicted to, anyway).
The fishing is only going to get better!!
Great report, thanks for sharing!
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Excellent reporting and thank you for sharing these!
These are still good to have to show up in search results.
The best reports are the older ones!
Congrats on the new kid!
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Cold front days would be great for LAX! Go when it’s windy! Maybe shoot up a birthday or two. lmao
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I think that if you rigged up a popping cork with a long J-hook and crappie bites, you could whack the daylights out of the sheepshead.
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THERE HE IS!!!!!!
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That’s why there’s so many oyster fishermen in Louisiana: oysters don’t swim away. lol
