Devin
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No, but I always wanted to investigate this further. I have circled around it while on a run from BSL to Biloxi looking for TT.
I don’t see any reason why you can’t find some trout and triple tail there.
You’ve got a lot to work with here. IIRC, there’s a ledge on the bay side. You may see crab traps lined up on it.
You also have those rock jetties there. They are worth investigating and if they’re in 10ft of water I would really pick them apart.
There are also AOC pots on the southeast side/point of the island that I saw TT in.
I don’t see any reason as to why you can’t get on the Sound side of the island and pick up trout on the beach.
Good luck!
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A little nostalgia here: one of my favorite topwater blowups at Breton Island in 2011. Had a trout hit the topwater then take off through the water before a big shark tore him in half. I still have that topwater lure today.
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Sounds like a classic Breton Sound epic with a buncha LAFB pipehitters.
Where you guys throwing topwater under a sunny sky?
I do think that if you threw Corkies or something finesse-y like a ned rig you would have limited out.
But I get it: dat topwater bite tho!
Man, I am living vicariously through y’all.
Excellent work. Thank you so much for posting this report!
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Also, I changed the title so that non-members can’t see the spot you fished.
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That you caught 15 trout in Mack’s Pass in July is pretty impressive.
I think this is a sign that the trout fishing is improving.
Because back then (before The Freshening) being able to scratch out 15 somewhere like there was doable. Then it became virtually impossible.
So that tells me things are getting better.
Thank you so much for posting this report! And much respect for the grind!!!
Those are some nice fish!
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I’ll let this percolate some more in case anyone else wants to take a stab at it.
So far, there have been some pretty good guesses on the species, salinity, water clarity, grass, beds, etc.
Very impressed with the talent here!
But nobody has nailed the state.
In a few days I’ll photoshop the picture to highlight/explain all the different features in it.
Thanks for the participation guys!
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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And maybe this graphic helps, too. It kinda shows how I see side imaging sonar inside my head.
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This article can help you get started:
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This is where the most recent sonar image is.
It is what just passed under the transducer.
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This is the most distant sonar history, whatever was scanned roughly a minute or so ago.
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This marks the shoreline on the left (or port) side of the boat.
NOTE: I am intentionally zoomed out to show this.
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Shoreline on the right (or starboard) side of the boat.
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The surface of the water.
F
The seafloor directly underneath the boat.
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It’s definitely in the south!
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That’s a really good point. Very smart. But the grass is kind of a giveaway that the water is still getting enough sunlight at 8ft.
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It sure is fun, and I’ve got a lot more sonar screenshots like this one I will post.
86.8 degrees is pretty warm for smallmouth.
The beds are some kind of sun fish. Probably bluegill, or something similar.
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+1
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Attached is a picture from Lake Okhissa I took of a bedding bass. Not super clear at all, and that’s with a polarized lens.
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“but bass usually bed in shallower water.”
But why do they bed shallower? If they could get the same thing deeper, wouldn’t they bed deeper?
