Devin
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Those pilings are a numbers game. You can hit ten in a row with no results, then find them on the 11th one. Sonar helps a lot. If it looks like a naked piling, then it’s a naked piling. Same for the rigs, but there’s more clutter around the rigs making it harder to see what’s there.
Otherwise, great report! That’s a lot of dedication. Much respect for that.
After that, I really like fishing the Treasure Isle lights when the tide is falling good. They’re probably on right now with trout and reds.
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I do not, but I’ll bump this to the top for you.
Good luck!
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I know you’re out there doing good things right now. Tomorrow if you get time, be sure to give us a good report, if you’d be so kind. Please make a separate post from this one so it shows up in the feed.
Thank you so much!
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Man, I wish I saw this sooner.
There’s a CPRA project that’s filled in a lot of the land down there on that route. You’re gonna want to take that bayou that runs from east to west just above “Delacroix”
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Yeah, there’s definitely not as many redfish there, but it’s close and fun to fish. Twelve sounds about right.
“At least I successfully explored new-to-me territory and got a couple spots that I’ll try again with better conditions.”
THAT is the juice. Long term success. That’s how you’re going to catch them over the long run. So many people overlook this. Buildings are built one brick at a time.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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How were you rigging your artificial lures?
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“Left launch 5:30 headed straight down the spoil canal to the long rocks.”
How was the end of the Spoil Canal at Mulatto Bayou? Did you take the route I have in this guide?
“Picked up some free abandoned popping corks, one came attached with a sheepshead.”
Sounds like you picked a $100 bucks in popping corks. LMAO
So did you arrive to the Long Rocks (for a second time) with 15 trout? Or just the 19 incher?
I’m guessing you were fishing against the Long Rocks with the jig?
I ask because @mmb1980 fished the same area the same time you were and came back with different results. So this is a good opportunity to figure out what you guys did different.
Sometimes the fish are just in the community hole and that’s all there is to it. It sounds like that was the case yesterday.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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It’s Micah, right? Hey it’s good to see you post again, I know it’s been awhile, so thank you for participating. I appreciate that. The more members who post about their fishing trips, the more we can all learn to figure out what anglers are doing wrong or doing right.
For example, @timbofishn was out there at the same time as you and smoked the trout pretty good. What did he do different? What could you have done different? So I’m gonna put some effort into your report.
Years ago, I would’ve been pumped to be in your shoes. Whenever I had a tough day of fishing I was left to my own devices with no recourse. But not here, not now. So let’s take a look:
“I was proud of myself because this rarely happens.”
Yeah, good job getting out there on time. Those morning runs are pretty, but can be really key to getting on the fish, especially when it gets hot during summer. In fact, on most summer days I’d say there’s no point in going fishing for trout if you can’t be out there for morning twilight. I detail this more inside the Summer Fish Location course (which it looks like you’ve finished).
Whatever you did to make that on-time splash happen, keep doing that. Things like lure color don’t matter nearly as much as the overall execution of the fishing trip. I’d say I’m a pretty good angler, but if I got to Hopedale Marina for 0600 to fish speckled trout on a hot summer day I’d may as well go home or roll to Plan Redfish. Amateurs argue tactics, professionals plan logistics.
“Headed to Christmas camp and treasure bay to hit oyster reefs only to catch dinks.”
Sounds about right. Some flocks of birds can have keepers, whereas other are dinks and sailcats. Important question for you: what rig were you fishing there and all day? I know you were using Marker 54 Shrimplets, but how? I’m not really interested in the lure, that doesn’t really matter. What I want to know is how the lure was being presented to the fish.
“Didn’t think about plan redfish because I was so focused on trout. Dumb decision!”
This is why I put so much emphasis on planning. Prior Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance. When you take time to plan you are getting the opportunity to realize details you won’t think of out on the water when you’re distracted by the umpteen things going on.
Even to areas I already “know” I still take time to look at a map, put waypoints in my GPS, etc. to think the trip through and consider how the trip can go right or go wrong. I’ve caught limits of trout this spring doing that. So have others.
I look forward to your response.
With the information I have, it sounds like @timbofishn was able to find a stretch of Long Rocks no one else was on and get good presentations using a jig. Those are superior to that of a cork on the Long Rocks, which is what most people use. When you see everyone sitting down, there’s a reason why.
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That Little Oak route is good, it does get shallow-ish. The pond where it says “image” is worth checking. Good luck.
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Oh, and the backside of Delacroix. Like the big pond literally behind Sweetwater Marina. That can be good, just watch out for this hazard here.
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That break between the shoreline of Lake P and the canal north of your pins can be good as well, too.
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I’ve fished that a good deal and there’s great looking water, but I’ve never gone in there and seen redfish like I do in Houma, Delacroix or Venice. If I see 10-20 that’s pretty good.
Sorry I didn’t see this sooner. You’re out there right now. Sun looks like it is enough, so I am sure you spotted a few by now.
Good luck out there!
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“I wanted that protection from the South wind.”
Man, that’s what I’m talking about. Thinking strategically according to the conditions. So many people would launch from Rigolets Marina “bEcAusE iTs cLoSeR” and take an ass whipping across Lake Borgne and not understand why their fishing trip doesn’t work out.
“I’ve been working on a personal fishing log and I’ve been adding trips from the past in there. Lo and behold last night as I was looking through my log, I noticed back to back trips to Delacroix, almost exactly a year ago, where I had some really good days catching redfish.”
Everyone take notes. This is how it’s done. This is Long Term Success at its finest. To piggyback what you said here, I’d compare river levels from last year to this year. IIRC they were about the same, but I could be wrong.
“So I’m thinking that’s my new plan for tomorrow. Plan redfish all day in Delacroix. West Delacroix.”
If you went back to Lake Borgne I would recommend Jahncke’s Ditch, but it could be a grind at this point in time. Or it could be great for topwater, especially if its overcast.
If I were you, going to Delacroix, I would look hard at Bayou Duhe on the west side of Lery and the south/southwest shoreline of Lery especially if grass is growing there. Then Spanish Lake and whatever lee shoreline in Grand. Little Oak, too.
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Man, just saw this.
Yeah, I’m looking out the window now and it looks overcast. Sometimes I’ll blind cast, but more often than not I just slow or stick & pick once I see a few.
I just blind cast the same lure I sight fish with: a Texas rigged Baby Paca Craw in whatever color. Blades are more easily detected by redfish, but usually wherever I am fishing its grassy, so I just stick with the weedless option.
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You’re welcome.
If you get a chance, please post a separate report so people see it in the feed. Otherwise it’s hidden here in the comments. Thank you so much.
