Devin
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Excellent reporting.
What kinda shrimp were the birds diving on? Brown or white?
Probably brown, that far out.
Giant +1 on Louisiana Legends.
They haven’t even been around for a year yet and they’ve already knocked out some legit heavy hitter, legends.
Imagine what they will be like once they’ve been around for a minute.
I’m hoping for a dedicated studio.
I hope local businesses see the light in sponsoring them so they can get there.
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If I did run from Lake Borgne, I would fish spots that look more like these in the attached screenshot and .kml
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See that I’ve added some non-shrimp spots and a Plan Redfish.
Bayou Magill and Magill Lagoon can be good to troll down and throw a gold spoon for reds.
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“Nitro Z-20 bass boat”
That’s a great boat. #bassboatgang
What’s on it? Ultrex? Graphs? Power Poles?
Sorry if you answered that before.
“Otherwise I’m learning the terrain.”
And your boat is great for that.
Just take good care of that trailer.
“should have a falling tide for most of the morning”
I bet it doesn’t move first thing in the morning. It’ll be slacked out but will rip out later in the day.
I’m almost tempted to tell you to launch late in the day and fish when that tide is absolutely falling its ass off.
You can get on a good shrimp bite when that happens. But no hard falling tide = no hard running shrimp.
Your white, green and orange routes are good to go. I’ve ran those a bagillion times without issue.
Both your .kml files are essentially the same. Check my screenshot. Not a problem, I don’t need them to know where you’re at/where you’re going. I DL’d them because I didn’t know which set was Option 1 or Option 2.
I see your Biloxi Marsh set is Option 2. Correct me if I am wrong.
I would personally prefer your Option 2.
With your boat, and with the wind laying down, you can reasonably chance running across Lake Borgne from Rigolets Marina (or wherever), depending on where you are trailering from.
Where are you trailering from?
I live in Slidell, so running across Lake Borgne is preferable to driving through NOLA East, then Chalmette, just to pay to get yelled at by someone DTR. lol
I do think your Option 2 of fishing the MRGO could be doable, and the south side of the Rock Dam could always have fish, but my problem with it is that I think there’s a chance Biloxi Marsh could load up with fish first.
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Can you fish all day?
There’s a chance you can get on a good shrimp bite out there when that tide is ripping out.
I’ve seen white shrimp running in Four Horse as early as August 8th in years past.
I’m sure there will be a morning bite, but there’s a chance in late afternoon.
I’m not sure you’ll find scoops at 3 and 4, that area has eroded a fair deal and I can’t say that those structures are still there.
IIRC, I didn’t see anything graphing. So, just graph it anyway, it only takes a few minutes of your time.
I think the trout spots you picked out are a good early, first look at what’s going on out there.
The key would be to capitalize on what you’ve seen ASAP.
Also, there’s probably a mess of white trout out there in deeper “holes”.
The islands in Grand Point Bay are usually pretty good for redfish.
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I put in more effort for the members who put in more effort.
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Poles are nice but not needed. I didn’t have any on the Tracker and I fished that way for 8 years with no problems.
There were some places I needed to anchor (that were real shallow) and a cajun anchor worked well to that end.
It’s a lot harder to break a steel rod than dual poles lol
Launching at Hopedale Marina works.
Just be sure to move with a purpose. You’re finding fish from scratch during a transition month.
You may recall that I’ve said, on average, when starting from scratch, I have to hit 13 spots that I believe in in order to find the fish.
So, if you’ve fished five and caught nothing, don’t get discouraged. It’s just part of the process.
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“but figured things might kick up sooner with the big range”
It could happen.
So, if you do fish in the morning, make sure to get that morning bite.
Also, the Twin Pipeline tends to move water first. A lot of water rips through it. There’s a reason it was capped off from Lake Borgne on down.
Good luck!
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Giant +1 on this
This applies pretty much anywhere.
Rafting mullet is a great summer time pattern.
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You’re referring to Beshel’s. And it’s about 18 miles from Quarantine as the crow flies.
Fort Jackson is extremely silted in.
It could be doable in your boat, but I had problems getting in and out in my sight fishing rig, which is a 15ft aluminum flat boat that basically floats on wet pavement. Just a heads up.
“so I’ll plan a trip based on what cuts we want to fish on the way back in. I’ll post it”
Cool, just let us know.
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+1 on Crooked Bayou going into Eugene
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+1 on this
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“So are any of those areas that we hit spots that have produced?”
No, not yet. Too soon and too hot.
“I have heard it is better to fish the deeper waters near the bridges on a slow/neap tide more so then on a moving tide, any truth to this?”
What do I teach inside 101 in regard to where water moves first and structure’s effect on moving water?
*a bridge is not structure
“Any recommendations regarding the areas we fished, ie times of year and or conditions that would be better times to hit these areas?”
When it cools off significantly, like when the water temp is at least 74 degrees.
Even then, that area is not particularly great to fish because it gets hammered by fishing pressure.
You must be especially comfortable with having tough days if you want to get any good at fishing Rigolets.
I think you should consider fishing somewhere else that’s gonna be more productive.
Biloxi Marsh might be a good option this fall. I’m hoping so.
“Finally there are rumblings that we might be making a trip to Grand Isle this weekend”
Well, lucky for you, there’s tons of Grand Isle reports and planning posts to pull from in this forum.
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Sometimes we are our own worst critics.
That’s fine.
But I’m here to tell you not to beat yourself up over it.
Next time just plan accordingly.
Like, my last trip to Venice with @Boyce , I made it clear that I’d be happy to just get the tracks we wanted and see what everything looks like (using the Mk-1 eyeball and sonar).
When the fish move into that part of Venice, we can now do a full send first thing in the morning, while anyone who had not done that homework would not have that confidence (which is why most people don’t go to begin with).
Now, if I actually wanted to catch fish, that effort would have looked a lot different. We would have fished further outside.
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Most people do screenshots, but if you gave us a .kml, those of us savvy enough can take a much more detailed look.
