Devin
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“Northshore man made canals are probably still pretty good if this rain hasnt messed them up.”
It hasn’t.
“Boys had a fun boat ride and practicing their casting without backlashing.”
That’s awesome!!!!
Geoghegan and those canals could be good, but I’m sure there’s already a boat parade there. I don’t know when I’m fishing next, so I haven’t put a lot of though toward it, but if I did go soon I would try to find them where I left off in Pointe a la Hache. I bet they’re in Oak River.
Well, like they say, gotta go to know. Thank you for posting a report.
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Great discussion, I’m glad you brought this up. Thank you thank you thank you.
Okay, first of all, I would use Geosphere. Find it in the Fishing Trip Resources Course in the catalog. MODIS is getting phased out. Like, Aqua finna burn in.
After that, rainfall doesn’t dirty water. Runoff from rainfall dirties water. That’s what streams/creeks/rivers are. I would look at the Amite, Pearl, etc. rivers to dirty their immediate area when they rise.
Next, with the exception of Caernarvon at Delacroix, the Mississippi River doesn’t dump into any of those locations you mentioned. So, no worries there.
Yes, there’s the Bonnet Carre Spillway, but the Army Corps could open every single pin and not a drop of river water will flow through because she’s at 8ft.
The imagery you’re mentioning is proof that there’s always clear water somewhere. Always. That doesn’t mean going straight there is gonna limit out on fish, but it shows that the middle of Lake Pontchartrain after a stiff north wind is a no-go. That’s helpful.
I also see that East Bay is pretty green. That’s interesting. I think there’s an “edge” game there.
Like, I would use this imagery to see where the bleeding edge of river water is, and fish that area. I’d also cross reference it with GED imagery to pick out spots. There’s GED imagery with these conditions, or something near enough you can SWAG out a dozen spots and fish them. It’s worked for me for years, and definitely worked for me on the third.
I just edited the second half of that video today, and it was great reliving the trip. No boats. No flotilla. No dummies chasing Facebook posts and YouTube videos. Just having the freedom to break down the marsh and fish it accordingly. *ahhhh*
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The video for this report is now live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9K2tUCwlIw
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Welcome to the Community. We sure have been getting a slew of Alabama anglers recently. It’s great to have you and thank you for posting an intro!
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When I get a chance, I’ll read it over. Thank you for sharing.
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A fly angler in Port Sulphur? There must be more to your story. lol
Sight fishing is great. I’ve got an 8wt, but never used it for inshore. I just use to dink around in a pond by my house. My brother left it at my house and it’s been educational.
Either way, it’s good to have you here. Just adds to the diversity, skill set and knowledge of this group.
Thank you for posting an intro!
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Yeah, that’s the like the highest the river is gonna be all year. It will also be one of the coldest times of the year. Water elsewhere in Louisiana will be warmer because it hadn’t spent the previous few days flowing down from where it’s frozen.
You may not know, but to go to Venice in March you sure would be driving past a bunch of other places that are gonna be way easier to fish and most likely have more fish. If you’re just looking for bull reds, drum and cats, then you can launch out of Slidell and go fish those on the L&N bridge (railroad bridge that cross Rigolets Pass), or even fish the powerlines on the west side of Lake Pontchartrain *if* the wind cooperates.
You can do the exact same thing soaking dead shrimp at the Rock Dam in Hopedale and further south at the Long Rocks. That’s way easier than messing with the river.
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Yes, I use a mono backer.
Used to, all braid was 4-strand. Then I guess somewhere along the line somebody figured out how to make it “rounder” with 8 strand. Eight strand is certainly smoother to the touch.
The way 4-strand is marketed now is that it “cuts through grass better”, which could be good for sight fishing around heavy grass mats. But I haven’t seen this property. Maybe with hydrilla it does, but our sloppy milfoil gets stuck around every kind of line, 4 strand or not.
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IIRC, I got the idea from Capt Rory Rorison. Plus the colored line looks cool. lol
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That group is so fckin stupid.
The only reason we had good fishing in the MRGO during The Freshening is because of the Rock Dam. If we didn’t have the Rock Dam then all that river water woulda flowed up to Shell Beach and The Wall, where we were catching lots of speckled trout.
Those people woulda been SOL during the height of The Freshening if it weren’t for the Rock Dam! Nevermind the MRGO should have never been built in the first place.
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how cold was the water temperature?
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That one goes live on February 16th. I made just that much content during that period of time.
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LOL
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*sigh*
I need to learn more about this, then.
But this one thing is for sure: the only constant in Louisiana is change.
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+1
I love this advice.
