Devin
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I think you can get away with using just a .gpx file on an SD card. No HBPC required. Give it a shot and let us know what happens.
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Wind just sucks and that’s all there is to it. I’m glad you went anyway and even happier you still caught fish.
Just waiting for that water temp to drop!
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Also, here is the latest Copernicus imagery for that area (yesterday!). Use that to double check for sandbars, clear water, etc.
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It appears that water in the middle of the bay is garbage, but up against the shoreline is green. So that tells you that the cane stubble could be worth looking at. Or it could be a train wreck. lol
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Because you actually took time to post this excellent planning post, and because you actually follow up with good fishing reports and you choose to generally be a badass, I must commend you and thank you and tell you how much I appreciate your effort.
For what it’s worth, if it helps at all, attached are my GPS tracks from 3-26-25.
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Redfish Bay has silted in a lot, and you can see where I was trying to find a route across it and eventually chickened out because it got so shallow. So I turned around and found my way to Blind Bay via some other bayou (for which I do not know the name).
Go forth. Kick ass. Hold the LAFB Elite standard high.
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“What better place to get back to it then Venice!”
Heck yes.
“Sea Condition: In the area I want to start off in which is Blind Bay, Windfinder is projecting ~2.3′ seas at the “Devon Energy Facility”. Not sure if it’ll be that rough in the actual bay considering where the Devon Energy Facility is?”
It’ll be calmer in Blind Bay.
“Fishing Spots: Blind Bay first, then work my way through Garden Island bay, the rocks at the end of South Pass, East bay, then Southwest Pass”
I like that. It’s a little different from what people have been doing. Just throw in the mouth of Joseph Bayou there. If anything, it will have white trout and bull reds.
“like Roseau canes and the stubbles left from erosion”
There is cane stubble like a boss in there. You will see lots of broke off corks in there, or at least I did on 3-26-25. That should tell you something. Whether or not fish are currently stacked on cane stubble, I do not know.
Your tackle sounds solid.
Are you going solo? Do you have a way to reach out in the event the worst happens?
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“But, where are these dang specks!?”
Water temp still has not stabilized around 74. The trout just haven’t found those shrimp yet. We are seeing something similar in Lake Pontchartrain: lots of shrimp, not so many trout.
“my 10 year old son and I, I let him play hooky from school because he hasn’t been able to make a trip with me on the boat in a couple months because of school and scheduling. Getting those DAD OF THE YEAR points, lol!”
Great call. School’s overrated anyway. Who cares who won the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D.? Where the trout at?
Great report, thanks for posting!
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The king has returned.
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I would not fish out of Beshel’s, not unless I was launching from there to ride down to the river and begin fishing around Empire and further down. It’s a good way to avoid Belle Chasse/LNG traffic.
I don’t think Lafitte is gonna be any better until it cools off.
“I wonder if the Biloxi Marsh is overfished.”
Absolutely it is. But more so because those fish were depleted and are just getting around to restocking themselves. Otherwise, it’s been either a ghost town or Throwback City for awhile.
“should I look elsewhere or just be patient?”
Both. Begin learning Venice. Just get down there, establish your safe routes, get comfy with the river. There’s going to be more fish there than anywhere else.
If you had to stay close to home, I’d fish Seabrook, the rigs outside of Kenner, the artificial reefs in the lake and ride looking for diving birds. There’s a lotta shrimp in the lake, and once the trout find them it will be lights out.
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Yeah, the amount of shrimp reminds me of 2016. Since the brunt of The Freshening the Lake has had a chance to recover and it’s doing much better. Fish just take longer to recover, especially if they’re being hammered (dolphins don’t use rulers).
Historically speaking, the fall pattern kicks off into full swing once the water temp stabilizes around 74 degrees. It has not done that yet. Yeah, some trout will move in ahead of time, and I think that’s what people are catching, but it will get better once it cools off.
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Did you drift in open water at all? Like way out in the middle where a tideline would usually form?
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It’s that northern shoreline. You can see me fishing it here in this video at 45:25
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You can definitely drift with the current, but it moves kinda quick. It’s not impossible to do, but it will be tougher.
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Just to clarify, you can see trout, they just tend to be harder to see, so much I wouldn’t rely on it. When I am spotlocked and catching fish, I tend to see their faint shadows as they swim through the beam.
That sonar works wonders on redfish. You will never look at a pile of redfish on sidescan and wonder if they’re there or not.
I’ve got some good pictures of redfish on sonar in this article.
“I also enjoy snapper fishing out of Venice so plan on trying to see if I can tell which side of a rig the fish are holding on.”
You are going to have so much fun doing that. I think that’s an excellent application. Very jealous over here! lol
