Devin
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Literally one of the thumbnails I made for that vid.
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Okay, I’m back.
Frank’s Place. Never been there. You could be the first member to mention a launch I haven’t used. I woulda launched from Westwego and taken the boat ride, but I’ll keep that launch in mind for the future. Thank you.
“but none of the telltale V lines from the reds”
I know it’s nice to see that, but that doesn’t mean they’re not there, and I have receipts:
For example, watch the redfish I catch blind casting here at 4:57. You never see them. No wake, no nothing.
Same thing for every other redfish I catch in that video (they were all blindcast).
Same thing for this redfish at 7:03. No V. Same thing for the school of redfish behind him.
Same thing for these two redfish at 5:56 in another video.
“but after blindcasting lures, spoons and dead shrimp only managed to come up with a few channel cats”
And after that, I believe you that there were no or very few redfish around in that particular spot. I would’ve done the same thing.
If it were sunny out, I definitely would’ve made a point to find water so clear that I could see the bottom.
“The floating grass was so thick that birds were just walking on top of it.”
YES!!!!!!
“and finally hooked up with my red, a 22″ copper beauty!”
That was it.
They are piled up somewhere around there. It looks like there’s a lot of real estate to sift through.
Thank you, that’s enough for me to go look (if I were going to, I’m at home doing video stuff and overhauling my flatboat for fall).
Great report, thank you for posting!
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“With a lighter tide today I decided to focus on rigs and shell pads versus the islands.”
THANK YOU
“Started out at big central”
PRAYZ TEH LAWD
That is exactly what I would have done given the conditions, with a Plan Redfish or TT in my back pocket.
It is nice to see someone not cut any corners, not throw anything extra in there, just send it for where the best place where trout are going to be this time of year.
I literally just filmed a video about this exact thing. I specifically mention Central Rig for when it’s hot and when you need moving water.
And, of course, in the video I concede that it is indeed a far run because I can hear my audience whining it’s so far away. Well, go catch ’em like you did and all the sudden the run doesn’t matter!! IMAGINE THAT!!!
F*ck yeah, dude. Something just moved in my pants.
Something else worth mentioning are light conditions. It was not particularly overcast, but not particularly bright, according to Geosphere.
The attached screenshot was taken at 1pm CST. Can you confirm?
Excellent reporting. Thank you for sharing. This is a breath of fresh air and I needed it!
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I’m not sure what kind of boat it is. I can’t tell if those are props at the end of it or some kinda trim tab thingy.
Either way, I found it while graphing off of the Trestles and have kept its waypoint to try jigging it when the trout are on over there.
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Here are some bluegill beds off of Bayou Liberty I photographed some years back, for comparison.
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Yes! Geremy strikes again! This man is unstoppable!
@Brett26 hopefully you can replicate this. Good luck!!
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Now, it is worth mentioning that flying a Cessna at 500-1000ft works well. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I have actually done that. I have a pilot buddy who, one day, asked if I wanted to tag along. Once we got in the air he asked where we should go.
We had zero fishing-related plans, I was just planning on a joy ride across St. Tammany.
But then it occurred to me: I looked at him and said one word: Venice.
So we did. LOL
And it worked pretty well.
I forget what we spent on fuel, but IIRC it amounted to a few days of scouting in a boat, so it was “worth it”.
We haven’t done it since, it wasn’t that much of a help. But it was definitely fun.
It felt weird covering that much water and being home the same day. lol
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To find clean water for speckled trout, that would be even harder to do with a drone because it would have to fly further for longer.
Really risking a trip to the drink doing that.
Satellite imagery works even better in this case.
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My reply posted before I could elaborate. Butter fingered that return button. My mistake.
Anyway, there’s a 128TB DAS on the desk next to me and a good chunk of those terabytes are drone footage.
First, it’s not practical.
I’ve been flying these things since the 2000s and in the marsh since the 2010s.
In order for these things to work the wind has to lay down and the sun has to be out. During the summertime you will run into overheating problems.
Push the envelope on the above and you will watch $4k take a salt bath.
I have a good bit of awesome drone video of redfish swimming through clear water, and the way I got that video was by locating that clear water (here comes the spoiler) using what I have to share in this membership.
What would take you all day to cover in an electric quad copter I can cover in a few minutes using satellite imagery.
Or, on the day of my fishing trip, if I wasn’t sure if water was clean on the other side of a grass mat, I would just go there in my boat and be done with it before a drone would complete fixing it’s home point.
Secondly (and I know you said this wasn’t your intent, but I am putting this here for others) you are blurring the lines of what’s ethical in fishing.
Why not just walk up to bowling pins and kick them over? Isn’t that easier than learning how to bowl?
Why not just shoot dudes in the UFC? Isn’t that easier than mastering jiu-jitsu?
If it’s not okay to burn shorelines…
If it’s not okay to bow fish…
After that, by happenstance, at the same time I was filming B-roll my buddy was in the stand sight fishing. I could see redfish further down the shoreline, and the practicality of using that to put him on redfish didn’t work.
Mainly because I didn’t spot the redfish closer to the boat. He did. And, there’s no point in using a drone to do that because he’s already there in the stand.
It’s just easier (and more ethical, and more productive) to just learn how to fish in the first place.
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No.
EDIT: hit the return button by accident, the rest of my response is below. TLDR: a Cessna could work. lol
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It also occurred to me that you may not have all your satellite imagery tools ready to rock and roll. Let’s fix that.
You probably have already seen MODIS. It’s pretty much out of date and the last of the two satellites may have already burned in.
Terra and Aqua lived long past their expected service life and gave us a lot of good daily imagery.
(*just checked and Aqua is still going)
Your next option, which is much better, is Geosphere.
But rather than give a daily image, it gives one every ten minutes. Much better. So if a cloud or sun sheen is in the way, you can wait for it to leave.
Your nuclear-grade imagery is Copernicus. Use it wisely. Don’t tell anyone about it. Keep it close hold.
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“Is there a speed that you scan at that makes things appear true to scale?”
Good question.
All I know is that bass pros recommend ~3mph.
But how that computes with scroll speed, I dunno, outside of getting something you can recognize.
If you had to measure the length of something, I would drop a waypoint at each end and measure that distance.
But I’m not sure that having exact proportions represented on the screen are that important, so manufacturers have left us with what we’re provided.
Definitely fun and nerdy, though.
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Roger that!
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I will take 100 reports.
I think you have 85-ish to go. lol
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The KANG has spoken!
