Devin
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“I’m no Elmers expert by any means but I get the feeling things are going to pop off any day now.”
Yeah, I need to get down there again. It’s always a good time. I love that no boat is required.
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“I am a better fisherman when I put my exploring hat on and try new stuff.”
It’s so easy to get sucked into what you already know. Try having a day where you leave the fishing rods at home and just explore routes.
Consider that several experienced captains from SeaTow were freaked out to go into Pointe a la Hache for a rescue, but I was perfectly fine with my umpteen routes that I had throughout the area. One of them pointed out that I got stuck there (the last time they saved me lol), but that was once five years ago.
That is correct, so what do you think I’ve been doing for those five years? Going back to the Long Rocks? No.
When the river gets low those places down there in American Bay, California Point, nearby rigs, maybe old Sable Island, maybe old Hog Island, Battledore, and many other places turn on with hammer trout and none of those retards at the Long Rocks know how to get there and — if they try — one of those many wonderful sandbars will keep their room-temp-IQ-asses away. As will all the extra land not reflected in their dumbass mapping cards.
It’s not like I don’t write detailed articles about this kinda stuff.
You hit those places (that cove, Long Rocks, etc.) already and caught fish there. Maybe there’s not much juice left to squeeze, and that leads to frustration. But if you change the goal to something more manageable (i.e. not ripping off your lower unit) and come back with a proven safe route and additional knowledge/experience, then you’ll have something to show for your effort.
Thought experiment: even if you did have space to slide into at the Long Rocks (or wherever) and you whacked the daylights out of the trout, what did you actually learn? Something you already know?
Another place I’d be happy to run routes and get back with my ass is Venice. I’d be happy to learn how to navigate the area and not cast a single line. That’s where your stupid-hammer trout are going to be. Not the MRGO.
You’ve demonstrated too much talent to re-invent the wheel.
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Are you fishing the lights from the pier itself or from a boat? I know that’s a dumb question, but if you were fishing from a boat, then I’d consider other dock lights along the backside of Grand Isle. You never know.
As for fishing from the pier: it’s like anything else. Nothing changes. Be there when the tide is moving and get good presentations.
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Just to build on what I said above: that process to finding fish that’s laid out in 101 is going to universally pretty much anywhere you go in whatever way you fish, for inshore species here in Louisiana.
It doesn’t matter if you’re in a Pathfinder bay boat, 12′ Alweld, kayak, arm floaties or fishing off a dock, it’s gonna be the same thing: fish according to the conditions and get good presentations.
It’s not just because it’s a dock cut squid is going to magically work whereas from a boat it doesn’t. That’s ridiculous.
If you have the opportunity to go, then go. If you’d like to grace us with a report, that would be splendid. If you whack the daylights out of them and want to keep a lid on it, I completely understand. lol
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Do you have aluminum baseball bats? A guide in Grand Isle told me clanking those together underwater gets rid of the dolphins.
I’d try that.
The reds in Lake Salvador is good intel, they usually turn on this time of year, about the same time they do in Lake Pontchartrain, which is interesting.
I wonder if the numbers of reds are faring well, or if they’re not what they used to be, like what we’re seeing east of the river.
Either way, great report, thanks for sharing!
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Great report, thanks for posting!
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I’m sure it was tough with all the boats out there.
Thank you for posting a report!
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Thanks for sharing.
Guys, be sure to carry some bleach mix and hydrogen peroxide to clean out cuts the minute they happen. Stay safe out there.
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That picture is about spot on. I’m sure SeaTow will be busy recovering a lot of novice boaters.
They definitely won’t be down in No Man’s Land fooling with someone who knows better. That never happens. lol
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
THAT is why I went to PLH lol
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Catch the full story here.
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That is wild, especially seeing that the pass is only ~1.7 miles long. I believe it though. Being miles away from the pass you could still see/feel the current ripping out of it.
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I was just going to mention that you can do an afternoon trip.
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Thanks, that would be nice. I am thinking I just need to overhaul that fuel system and call it a day.
Or just fix up both the boats and sell them, then put that towards a down payment for a new one.
We shall see.
Either way, I have a lot of content to make and the river is at 12ft. There’s time.
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Yeah, one cannot ignore that. lol I totally didn’t get my ass chewed. She was as cool as a ceiling fan about it.
From the time I made the call to the time the boat arrived was about four hours. Keep in mind that’s time spent figuring out how to get out there, weighing options, coordinating, and considering that the SeaTow boat was in the water in Hopedale, so they had to recover it, drive to Beshel’s and re-launch.
The whole time we were joking and laughing. It was overall a fun time. She got the entire Louisiana inshore experience yesterday. LOL
