Devin
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That’s a bad-to-the-bone boat. It was practically made for Venice.
“Had good results in California and American bays a few weeks ago”
Give us a heads up next time!
“But damn that’s a run from Venice Marina.”
You’re in a Magnum with a 400. Turn on the flux capacitor and fold space-time. lol
But you would be driving past a lot of fish.
If I were you, I’d go to the rock jetty at the end of SouthWest Pass. I would also fish the wing dams inside the river there. Don’t let the dirty water discourage you, it’s probably not dirty underneath.
After that, I’d look hard at that beach next to South Pass, fish the jetties at the end of South Pass and fish the west side of the jetties, too.
If you like bull reds you won’t have any problems at those spots.
It won’t be super windy, but it won’t be calm, either. Fortunately, you have the boat for it.
Breton Island could be good if it’s calm enough.
After that, if it is too windy, I’d pick bays in the lee of the land and fish against roseau and cane stubble for slot reds.
I don’t know how much experience you have, proven tracks on your GPS, etc. If you do not have those things, then you absolutely must make safe routes on GED. You are seriously playing with fire if you do not.
Do you have a satellite communicator? Because you’re gonna use it if you go screaming around down there with that 400 and no safe routes.
If you do need to make safe routes, post them here and we can look them over and give you detailed feedback. Is it extra work? Yes. But it’s nowhere as much extra work as spending years learning it the hard way. You know how I know.
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Bumping this to the top.
Remember last year’s reports are the best.
Don’t sit around and wait for someone to spoonfeed you. That is not the Elite way.
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Man, given all the tough reports out of Delacroix, I would not go there.
I surmise this forum became fixated on Delacroix after the good reports that came out of there last month, but this month is shaping up to be different.
The reports that have been posted recently have been tough, but they’re still valuable because they clearly show where not to go. Did you see those?
After that, the wind forecast is tough. At least it will raise water levels.
Otherwise, I would find someplace that plays well with this east wind and fish there.
I’d go to Seabrook. You’d be very protected there. The catwalk will probably be covered in waves, but you could fish the scoop and sea wall.
I’d even try Biloxi Marsh over Delacroix, and that’s saying a lot. Not because I think there’s a bunch of fish there but because it’s something different.
AAAANNDD I just noticed this planning post is for today. Well, that wasn’t much heads up, but I appreciate you posting it. Hope you’re making out alright out there.
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There’s a lot of local experience between these three to include some pretty impressive reports out of Venice and yet here they are. The River has them in a headlock delivering a vicious noogie. lol
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“But I have fished Delacroix/hopedale extensively with success the last 16 years, so I would consider myself adequately capable of navigating the marsh.”
Yeah I fished both those places longer than that and still ended up with what you see below.
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Great question.
They’re the wooden dams consisting of pilings inside the mouth of the river on either side of it. You can see them very plainly on GED in the screenshots below, as well as Bill Dance fishing them and the rocks next to them here in this YouTube video.
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Probably a dredge pipe. Which (I could be wrong) has been removed. I think they’re done dredging in that area.
I think you should consult this article.
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Looks like a wild reef. That is worth checking out.
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Use it. Begin on your next trip. You will learn best by just using it. Turn it on and look at it.
Start with known stuff like the dock pilings at the slip. Watch it and you will become comfortable with it.
If you had been using it you would’ve spotted those pilings at Doulut’s. They stick out like a sore thumb.
As for that oyster reef across from the fort….well, sidescan will quickly determine if it’s still there or not.
I would pull up, graph it and (if I don’t see anything like a hard bottom, oysters, bait, fish) leave.
Most people would waste time trying it anyway while I’m already on to the next spot. That’s the difference between how I fish and how everyone else fishes. It works and it works well. And I’m using casting tackle to get higher quality and higher quantity presentations to catch the fish they don’t.
That’s the difference in how I fish and everyone else does. The other difference is that I share that and, to my utter amazement, people still don’t implement it. lol
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What kind of Humminbird do you have? If it’s a Helix, you will need HumminbirdPC. Here’s the course for it.
If you have a Solix or whatever other new model they have, you only need to upload a .gpx.
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Sheepshead are gonna be on those rocks and adjacent oyster reefs more than anything.
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If the water is high and you are absolutely not seeing them on big shorelines, then go to smaller ponds. I bet those guides had some big shorelines they wanted to fish, but the wind was blowing and/or the water was high.
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Are you equipped with sidescan sonar?
Yeah, sounds like I saved you a bad day. This is why I recommend going over GED, even in places you think you already know.
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How many?
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That’s not a bad choice.
