Devin
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Given the direction of the wind, I would not fish the bay side of the island.
Why you want to fish somewhere a 10-15mph wind is blowing directly on you? That’s inshore fishing on hard mode.
I never did well fishing Queen Bess, anyway. The rocks there are in shallow water.
I would get on the beaches so long as that water is in the lee of the land.
Those rocks on Grand Isle beach can be good, especially the ones further out from shore.
I would also fish Caminada Pass itself as well as the rock jetties there, then move down to Elmer’s Island, fish the beach there, and make my way to the Fourchon Barges and Belle Pass.
If the wind allows, you should definitely fish the sunk rocks at Timbalier as well as the chairwells out there.
Check @FelipeFerreira planning post for more info.
Also, I would try fishing the lights at night. Take it easy, don’t run into anything. Use GED to get your safe routes and confirm them during daylight.
Bring some crappie baits like Bobby Garland, Crappie Psychic or Matrix Mini. Rig them up like I do in this article.
You can get some really good fishing done out there!
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I just checked it and it works fine.
Check your machine.
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It looks like your buddy knows how to use sidescan, based off the pics you took. The range, frequency and color palette look good to me.
I don’t see any obvious fish in these pics. Maybe above and to the right of that top piling, but it’s certainly not a dead giveaway.
With that said, when I fish the pilings, I do so south of Pass Manchac. That’s just where I have had success in years past.
I do think the cypress stumps at the mouth of Pass Manchac can be good. They MUST turn on at some point in time. I have seen fish and bait at the top of the scoop there. It’s always worth graphing.
You did a good thing by getting out there and trying something new. That’s how you grow and get better.
Excellent report, thanks for posting!
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Kicking this to the top because it’s relevant.
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A little Dope Boat history for those of you who are interested.
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Also, if you do go into those islands, watch out for this hazard.
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Given the size of the bass and how he said he caught them, I bet dollars to donuts he was flipping a Texas Rig with whatever soft plastic.
If he was shallow enough, maybe weightless. But that sounds like an awful grind, so maybe not.
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Look forward to it!
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If it doesn’t move here, then I suggest trying eBay.
Last year I moved a lot of bass tackle there. There’s a slew of tourney anglers who understand tackle and are looking to buy a variety of it used in order to save money.
When you’re running 30-40 rods for an entire season, all that adds up quick. I noticed the same guy in Oklahoma was just gobbling up tackle. LOL
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Well, then it sounds like all you can do is get close to the piling and cross your fingers that they will be under you.
Otherwise you’re left with actually jigging each piling. That’s a lot of work.
It can be effective, but it will be a lot of work.
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Sounds like you weren’t logged in on a default browser, or YouTube has a built-in browser where you weren’t logged in, or using a device where you weren’t logged in.
But anytime anyone mentions a problem I pretty much drop whatever I’m doing to go check and double check. lol
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But, FWIW, you can still flip bass in the river. They’re still there and you fish ’em just like anywhere else there’s river bass. That and they get in the same ponds redfish do. You’ll just do more blind casting since they’re not as obvious as redfish are.
Lots of ditch pickles, but you can get some nice 2-4lb bass, which are big for the marsh.
Otherwise, you’re closer to Guntersville than we are LOL
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5ft or below for the entire river (well, from NOLA on downstream) and 7ft for everything south of HOP.
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I might have it somewhere. I’ve since consolidated three different computers into one, as well as many terabytes of data and it might be in there somewhere. If I come across it, I’ll post it here.
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Most boats do. It’s the anglers that don’t.
