Devin
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“I wish I would have hit the Lakeshore because Todd Masson put out a video where he smashed some big trout on the Lakeshore and I think it might have been where I was thinking about going give a try”
1,000% do not do that. By the time he posts that video the bite is either done or about to be done. By the time you get to capitalize on that he has already moved on to the next bite and that Lakeshore bite is about to get pounded by the Armada if it isn’t already. You’re really better off getting ahead of the power curve and finding your “next fish” somewhere else.
I talk to the same people Todd does and that is absolutely what happens.
If you really want to use his channel properly, look at videos from this time last year and the years before that. That way you can get a handle on where to begin looking before the smooth-brain troglodytes do.
Do you want to be catching pressured fish around a bunch of knuckleheads and weed through throwbacks or do you want to catch keepers without the added aggravation of inconsiderate boaters, people running over the fish, etc.?
“I popped my good jerk bait off on a hook set”
Everyone stop what you’re doing and take a moment of silence for this lure. We lost a homie on this day.
“Total take home was 3 beautiful specks and 4 nice bass.”
That’s plenty to eat!
Great report, thanks for posting! Try to get out Saturday if you can, the conditions are going to be dang near perfect.
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Also, I may or may not be out there come Saturday. I want to take my kids fishing but also have other stuff they’re “supposed” to do. lol Y’all know how it goes.
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See attached .kml
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I’ll probably go tomorow with the kiddos and may get to go Monday. I don’t know yet.
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You are a good man doing the right thing.
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Masson for sure down there on the right hand side of the screen, beating the daylights out of the rocks by The Wall one last time before those fish shove out for the spawn. lol
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Try the top of Lake Robin or the top of Ameda. Get up against shorelines protected from a NW wind.
After that, fish that dirty crap anyway. Pop that cork. They’re probably still there.
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Yes, I am targeting areas where I know grass mats traditionally grow. I’m not seeing grass because the freeze killed it off, but it’s still there on the bottom, kinda like a mowed lawn, or something like that.
I’m also targeting oyster reefs and where I see shells on the bank. Like lots of shells. The shells and grass are discernible on GED.
I’m not sure what forage the trout are eating. I’ve been unable to get a good look at them and didn’t see any inside the trout I cleaned.
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I wouldn’t bother with it. The water out there is garbage. Maybe Pointe Fienne is good, but based off what I’ve seen I wouldn’t bother with it. Stick with east of Terre aux Beouf and Lake Robin area.
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I want my spots!!
And “next fish”. Tons of next fish.
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Fix that this Saturday. Let’s gooooooo
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Yes indeed. It feels good to have the pattern figured out, too. That’s what’s going on here. I think I’ve got them dialed in pretty good and will probably crush their nuts on Saturday. Bottle Lagoon really has me pumped.
I was talking at length with my buddy Ben yesterday. He tells me about what most of the guides do in Delacroix, which is call their friends to see where fish are at rather than what we do here in Elite. So they’ve all been in one area where there are lots of throwbacks because they’ve been culling the keepers.
But follow the pattern to find similar spots that aren’t pressured and you won’t have the throwback problem. We did that and it was amazing to catch keepers on the first and subsequent casts. Figuring out the pattern is like unlocking magic.
I’m thinking we are all gonna have a good day Saturday so long as the conditions remain predicted as they are.
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Where do you plan on going?
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Okay, that’s what I thought. I just looked up that drive and you’re looking at 3.5 hours to Delacroix. Yikes. That’s rough even for me and you know I trailer everywhere. Hmm.
So V-Bay is to you like what Lake P is to me. And guess what? I still drive right over that SOB. LOL
The drive to Lake Decade isn’t so bad. But also driving to the public boat launch behind the jail is a good idea, being way more doable at 1hr 45 mins. That’s about the same time I spend trailering to Pointe a la Hache or Port Sulphur.
Those canals north of Lake Boudreaux have trout in them during spring and they have trout in them now. You are literally fishing the canal and cuts off of it where you see moving water. Cork and jighead.
The ponds and shorelines are also good to cork for redfish. Dead shrimp is a go-to. Or chunk and wind a gold spoon.
The most redfish I’ve ever sighted in a single day was in the ponds north of Boudreaux. 200+ days I’ve had back there with the most recent being April or May of last year.
Or just stick with V-Bay for the very good reasons that you mentioned.
“No that is not the only 3 I picked”
Okay, good.
“I am happy to try my new spot lock trolling motor, and Side Imagining unit.”
Spot lock is the way. Total game changer.
I think that you have what you need to catch some redfish on Saturday. Bring bug spray in case the gnats come out.
Good luck!
