Devin
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“I haven’t…created safe routes yet”
I could not think of a more important thing to do.
I know you already have tracks going from SW Pass thru Joseph Bayou thru the top of East Bay to South Pass because we ran that last year.
I would definitely compare/contrast those against GED because if you recall we ran over a sandbar. Might want to avoid that when going by yourself.
Don’t be tempted to just fish what they did. Fish the conditions. The one big factor you have there that nowhere else has is the deep, salty Gulf of America pushing up against the entire Venice area. So places that are right there against river water could be loaded with trout anyway. Think of the east side of the SW Pass jetty…
That’s your clue. Use that to put more fishing spots together.
After that, I’d be happy just to run East Bay and not rip off my lower unit. If that means going slow and burning time just to get the tracks, then I’d prioritize that over rushing to catch a bunch of fish and drifting into GOA with no way on.
After all, it almost happened to me just the other day.
Finally, what’s your plan to get help in the event you fck it up and lose your motor, get stuck or worse?
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So I guess the tide was falling by the time you were headed back? That evening bite is probably gonna be where it’s at. I think I mentioned that in a previous report based off what I saw in EBM in the afternoon.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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My SWAG is 30.259262 -90.005279
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Kicking this up to the top given @will-grand 5/24/25 report and that Breton Sound usually turns on when the river is falling and the area greens up.
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Wow, I love Breton Sound. It’s a great time out there. It really turns on when the river goes down. Lots of good memories out there.
What’s interesting about the new 20″ slot is that people are going to be throwing back a lot of trout over 20″ which, in my opinion, is a great thing to have happen for our fishery. Many trips I’ve had out there we did not catch a lot of trout under 20″.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Still a good share, though. I appreciate you taking time to think of the Community and post content here.
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I don’t trust that wave function at all.
It’s showing waves in the lee of land and waves in Breton Sound as not being much bigger. Yeah, okay.
I’d love to take the app nerd who thought of this, strap him to the bow of a boat and announce the wave appreciation training we’ll do all day long.
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You’re dead on.
That side of the lake has been clean for a minute now. It’s the easiest sonar fishing one can do.
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“I’m using this planning post as a float plan. If I don’t post a fishing report by Monday come look for me.”
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Okay, good to go on the VHF radio, that’s a start.
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Look at a depth chart for the area and you have 100ft-200ft of water right there. That’s not filled from top to bottom with river water. It’s Gulf of ‘Murica water.
Think of it like an exhaust pipe. If you put your face directly into the pipe then you are gonna breathe all that nasty exhaust. But if you stand off to the side (where there’s far more fresh air mixing in) you will only smell the exhaust and not be suffocated by it.
The Mississippi River is that exhaust pipe, the GOA is the rest of the open air around it.
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I can confirm that route, maybe just don’t come off plane until you’re past that sandbar. It gets like 2ft.
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“you can see them on the horizon as you enter Lake Borgne”
Bingo.
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I’d rather die cold and alone but have a shot at topwater trout. Good decision, @McLovin
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You are on the bleeding edge of anti-dolphin tech.
That could be a product. Something like a Hydrowave, but instead of masking trolling motor noise it just scares off dolphins.
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Ha ha ha ha ha! From the moment they posted it my phone was blowing up and I got to hear all about it. LOL
