Devin
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“I don’t think it mattered what you threw at them they were hitting it, it was insane!”
Hell yes. That’s what I’m talking about. Just find them biting in the first place and everything will be so much easier. Good job moving and finding them.
“Also I wasn’t sure what these little fish were that were in a few of them?”
Looks like croakers, which is a common forage this time of year. They hang out on reefs and in corners of bayous, deep holes, etc.
So now you know where else to look to find them
Great report, great work, thank you for posting!
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Good job not giving up.
Excellent report, thanks for posting it!
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Great report, thank you for posting!
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Better late than never! Thank you for posting!
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“I know nothing about the area, little about the tackle, less about tides and salinity affects on fish activity.”
I hate to sound like a broken record, but all that is covered in detail inside Inshore Fishing 101. The fastest, quickest way I can possibly impart all of that knowledge to you is inside that course. You can skip to the part you want about tackle or whatever, but of course I recommend to take the whole thing from beginning to end.
“The guide said Louisiana inshore was even better”
That’s very nice of him. Florida has great inshore fishing, so I’m honored that he would say that. But consider that the reason you were catching is because you were with a guide. He already did all the leg work, all you had to do was go.
I think it’s a mighty high expectation to go to the west side of Louisiana and do well without a guide. I think you should hire a guide, and if you want to learn how to do it yourself, then you need to pore over Inshore Fishing 101, use this forum and be ready to work your ass off. Things like hazards to navigation are going to be a threat without a guide.
If you don’t want to learn everything I know to catching fish, because that’s a lot of work, then you need to go with a guide. Otherwise, I think you’re about to get humbled and you’ll be lucky if you get out without a busted lower unit or worse.
Lastly, I’ll tell you that the east side of the state has more real estate and, consequently, more fish. You want to be staying some place like Grand Isle or Delacroix. Just a note for the future.
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Excellent work. Good job staying local and just having fun in the first place. You gotta be really proud of her.
Great report, thanks for sharing!
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R#8 is removed but the shell pad and bottom trash are still there. Bait balls were there and when I cast around I didn’t catch anything, but I think it’s still worth trying again in the future.
Great report, good job on going anyway and thank you for posting it!
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No problem.
Yeah, if you had more time you would’ve crushed the daylights out of the fish. This fishing trip is a giant win, you know what the pattern is and where to go.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Well, that’s a good wifey, but also did the Coast Guard really just call your phone? Like, that’s it? What the hell?!
What’s next? You get a text message like “u good”
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I think this is great advice. Boyce is spot on.
With that said, your biggest challenge is going to be safely navigating the area. It does not set up like reservoirs on the Tennessee River or wherever else across America where you can plug in a Lakemaster chip, adjust for water level and automagically see all the shallow water.
No, there’s new land, sunken pilings, oil field trash, sand bars, and more to ruin your day or worse.
I’ve got a whole chapter dedicated to this very thing inside 101.
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+1
Go with a guide.
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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I think they were chewing all day. Just had to find where.
I would’ve caught them in the morning at that one rig that had two boats on it, but left. It just wasn’t a fast and furious bite and I don’t like parking next to other boats if I can help it. It’s also kind of a flex to leave biting fish.
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Actually, non-fishers are easiest. They’re just happy to be on the boat ride. Whereas I’ve been to the marsh 1,783,945 times and it’s about as interesting as Wal-Mart parking lot, it’s all novel to them and they’re soaking up the full-sensory experience.
Catching sail cats and sheepshead or whatever is cool. They don’t know any different.
When I used to guide I hated taking locals. They were the worst. They knew it all and expected a limit on every game fish. Non-locals/fishers just enjoyed the experience and caught fish anyway. Just have fun, and the fish will come.
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You know I was thinking that I might blow my cover, but I also naively assumed nobody was paying that close attention to detail. Damn you. lol
Full disclosure: neither are girlfriend status (yet), that slot is still open. Fishing trips are a good job interview. Do they show up on time? Do they bring food? These things are important.
