Devin
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“rigs and oyster reefs in either Eloi or Lake Fortuna”
I think this is sound. You know what to do.
After that, no one was going to see this post at 5:30pm on a Saturday, but it’s certainly worth trying. I’m sorry I couldn’t get to this sooner, but I assume you’re out there kicking ass and taking names.
“but I just want to go fishing”
I hear that!!! SEND IT!!!
“but Pearl River being nearly 18 feet killed that plan”
Where are you pulling that number from? I’ve got the Pearl at 7ft+ at I-10. (see attached)
“Wish me luck”
It is wished!
“Haven’t gone fishing in almost exactly a year since I got married, moved, and had a kid this past year.”
I hear that. Nothing puts a damper on fishing like domestic life. It will all settle out and you’ll find your routine. Just give it time.
Good luck out there! Hopefully you’re having fun figuring it out and the fish are talking to you!!
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“Pounded the banks in Duncan canal with frogs and craws for a minute.”
I’m guessing there was a lot of black water back there. Usually, whenever I see that, it’s gonna be a gar hole. Or choupique lol.
Could be a good place to run jug lines for cats, though. We did that in Westwego. Could work there if you need a meat haul.
“That was a good call because I soon saw a school of no doubters on the scanner on one of the poles.”
Did it look like what you see below?
“Caught the next 3 in short order”
About dang time, you only intro’d in December. lol
Great summer trip, great report, thanks for posting!
Also assuming you made it back eventually. lol
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There isn’t. A neap tide just makes your life harder, actual or false.
What matters the most is going to where water moves first, or target fish that don’t really rely on it because they don’t get it in the first place.
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Yup.
State record trout (the real one, anyway) was caught on a queen sparkle beetle.
I’ll throw 150mm topwaters for bigger trout.
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Just some pics I yoinked from my article above. You can see that the salinity just goes back to where it was once the storm passes.
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Get whatever card you can. It doesn’t have to be the latest and greatest. Get something that doesn’t break the bank and spend the remaining money on something like a satellite communicator or Starlink.
And that’s for all the reasons I list here.
Brother, I am telling you with every bit of sincerity in my heart that the fastest way to trash your boat, leave yourself stranded or worse is to rely on any mapping card on the market.
I’ve used several Standard Mapping cards and a card from Humminbird. They all do the same thing.
What really matters is doing your GED homework, especially for safe routes. If there were a better way, I’d teach it and endorse it. But there’s not.
Come up with your safe routes and lean on this forum for feedback. We all have a lot of experience across Louisiana’s coast.
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I’m not complaining, but I will be stoked when it goes down and stays down. Watch all the trout in Breton Sound shift further south when that happens!!
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Awesome report! It’s kind of crazy that you found them in Lake Borgne over EBM, but that is how it has been working.
Would you by any chance remember the general depth of the unproductive oyster reefs?
Yeah, I lost a rod in Venice doing the exact same thing. lol
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“in two months and it feels like two years”
Man, do I feel that.
Your plan looks good. If you get to Bayou Mandeville and it’s dirty, try it anyway. I really like the grass on the south/southwest shoreline of Lery, and Bayou Duhe on the west side could have some good grass mats. Ida took them out, but they could be back by now. If so, that will make for some good redfish and bass action.
Good luck!
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I would not go to EBM unless you enjoy Throwback City.
I do think some fish are being caught out there, but not where you think. Read the reports, the devil is in the details.
The majority of oyster reefs in EBM are NOT in 6-8ft of water.
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LOL yeah I was waiting to see what you were going to say.
I also looked at Grand Isle vs Shell Beach and the water never got high. It was lower at Shell Beach and about normal at Grand Isle.
Probably because of the SW wind.
Even if it did rise, the salinity just goes right back out with the storm surge, as evidenced here and here.
I also watch the turbidity sensors, but mostly for the river. That helps me determine how green she is (or not).
Otherwise, I would only lightly factor those in for redfish, because wherever the sensor is could be dirty water, and redfish could be piled in the clear stuff on the other side of a grass mat, and the sensor would never read that because it’s not there.
“dont mind waking up early, in fact I like it.”
Hell yeah! Same here. I love it. The sunrise energizes me.
Good luck!
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If it were me, I would graph each rig or structure and look for the hammers. It cannot possibly be harder than graphing anything else.
If I didn’t have sonar then I would move with a purpose, cover water and leave each spot with a quickness if it’s only throwbacks.
That’s what I would do and I am confident it would work. These are red snapper.
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Either way, I’m rooting for you!!!!
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Absolutely.
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If you’re going strictly to sight fish, I would instead go to Delacroix and fish the interior lakes/ponds.
Lake Lery, Spanish Lake, Lake Batola, Petain, anywhere with grass.
The outside can be worth looking at, too: American Bay, Grand Point Bay, Bay Gardene, etc.
