Devin
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He’s right, it is definitely shallow at Frenier Landing. Doable but shallow. I launched there last year.
When I go to that area you want to fish, I launch out of Kenner by Treasure Chest Casino.
That route out of Norco is news to me. I have not ran it, but do know that area is shallow with lots of stumps. I don’t see anything on Navionics or elsewhere indicating otherwise. There could be a channel coming out of there that I don’t know about. I just don’t know.
If you do go, then you’ll be exploring a route that’s new-to-me. I would idle that last leg of it going into the lake and watch sonar like a hawk.
If your friend says its good to go, then I see no reason not to trust him, especially if he’s ran it recently.
Good luck!
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As far as your actual fishing spots go, if they’re all like the three you shared, then you are on the right path.
High Line Pond and the Wagon Wheel could be good, but they’re right by the marina and are probably pressured. Riverside Bay by Zin Zin looks good, too. But that is out of your way.
I think you got this. Conditions are about perfect, minus the clouds. Just be ready to run run run. Good luck!
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Your route is good IMO, just watch those corners and inside bends. It’s a hard bottom there, not soft and forgiving.
After that, the middle part by Yaratich Bend is gonna be the sketchiest part. I didn’t see any crab traps or running boats to give it away. I think the route you made could be good, but as an added precaution consider this other route to the north to Spoonbill Bend.
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Hol’ up, are you doing this in a 22ft bay boat or a skiff? If the skiff, what length and hull type is it?
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Wooooooo!!! This is a good planning post. Okay, let me get situated on some other tasks this morning then I can give you a good info dump.
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How’d you find it?
I like that it shows where platforms are. That’s handy because GED doesn’t always produce high-res imagery for open water, leaving out rigs in some locations, like Central Rig in Breton Sound. Kinda annoying.
Good find, thanks for sharing, Keith.
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Well, it’s a tough question to answer because you don’t really have a control to compare against. Things are constantly changing and it seems the one factor that’s rarely accounted for is the fishing pressure itself. Not just the anglers physically being there, boat traffic, etc. but also the trout that go back to the dock in an ice chest.
If they’re removed from the water, then they cannot possibly be in the water again.
We see it every time at every community hole: the fishing is good, the word gets out, the Flotilla arrives and the fish reduce to a length just below the minimum. Before the limit change, it was 11.9″, now it’s 12.9″. Hmmmm.
Going to a place like the Long Rocks and catching ten is enough for me to not fish there again for a very long time.
Anyway, if trout spawned like bass then it would make sense that they wouldn’t feed every day, or at least more regularly, but they do not. I don’t see any reason why they can’t feed after spawning. I also wonder if they take breaks from spawning altogether. Like, they’re not all always spawning all the time.
I honestly don’t know. It’s certainly fun to spit ball and (thank goodness) we have this forum of like-minded folks in which to do it. I could only imagine what filth would appear if this were posted on Facebook. LOL There are a lot of talented/knowledgeable/kind anglers outside of this forum, there’s just out numbered by mouth-breathers.
I can say with certainty that I will die not knowing everything we could about speckled trout. There will always be unanswered questions. At the end of the day, they’re just gonna what they’re gonna do.
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Yeah, these maps show a lot of wrecks. On my Humminbird Helix the basemap provides additional meta like the nature of the wreck (above or below water) and when it was reported.
I’ve spent a lot of time checking these (for reasons you can guess) and, more often than not, they’re not there.
My guess is that they de-crap-itated away or were blown off-coordinate by a storm. I just don’t know.
As for the Dope Boat, that’s not it. It’s off the MRGO in Breton Sound. The last coordinates I have for it are: 29° 34.370’N 89° 16.033’W
Last year I looked for it and couldn’t find it. Last I recall, there was a part of it barely above water marked by a blue jug. But when I looked for it I saw nothing and it was a perfectly flat calm kind of day.
As you can imagine, I’m pretty sketched out running on plane anywhere near it as it could be a lower unit killer, or worse.
Attached you’ll see a picture of it well above the water line well before I prowled those waters. I’d love to find it and graph it and, of course, see if fish still hold to it. If there’s any amount of it left, they surely do.
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Have you used it in the fog? Do you love it or hate it?
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What a perfect way to put it. lol
Yeah, sometimes I wish I had just stuck with something existing in a more controlled environment. lol
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Another thing I dig about the Blazer 2400 is that I see guides repowering the hulls. So it seems to me that the hulls are “forever” hulls kind of like how the Privateer Renegade is a proven multi-decade hull. No capped hulls for this guy. It was nice when I had one, but I prefer something more rugged.
Those boats you listed are great looking boats.
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It’s like having another tackle tray, slightly larger. Some images here for reference.
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While I don’t agree with the Carters on conservation issues, I still have an immense amount of respect for their TOW, knowledge and wisdom as established/proven fishing guides doing it in one of the most challenging (if not the most challenging) places to fish on Louisiana’s coast, arguably the entire Gulf Coast.
Louisiana Sportsman articles they’re in are also a wealth of knowledge. Just gotta flex that Google search.
And props to Tuna Town Talks, I need to check back in and catch up on episodes. Thanks for accidentally reminding me.
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And that’s on you guys. I do not want another chat/email thread to command my time, mostly because I have a lot on my plate and the last thing I need is umpteen more people DMing me every day about things that ara already on the two websites, two YT channels and forum I’ve worked on for the last 13 years. lol I do not want more things on my plate. The more time I spend on other things, I cannot get originally planned things done.
Just let me know what you guys come up with and if I can make time for it, I’ll be there. Thanks.
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+1 on Signal. Way easier/better to use.
