Devin
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Well I’m glad you didn’t listen to me! lol
Man, you’ve got a knack for this. Keep capitalizing on it. When it gets really cold you will be set up for success even more for it. Great work!
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That’s a run for winter.
I always thought that the beach there would be good fishing for spring/summer, if the river is playing nice.
As for the marsh inside it, I guess that it could be good to fish. I just don’t know. You’d be running past a lot of other fish just to get there.
With this cold, I’d be hitting up stuff further inside, like the flood gate in the ICW, and even running up into Houma itself (or just launching there) if the cold keeps up.
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Given the recent cold snap I would go straight to the Rock Dam and wait it out all day. Those trout are probably still going to be deep. I wouldn’t expect them to be in shallow water in the marsh, save for a few redfish who haven’t had an arrow ran through them yet.
That point on your left side where Bayou LaLoutre ends and the MRGO begins as you make your way to the Dam can be worth fishing, too. That was a hot spot back in the day and today it gets overlooked. But I think the Dam could be holding reds, specks and white trout right now.
Good luck!
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Kicking this back to the top for whenever the River comes up in January. Or just go fish it now. lol
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Kicking this back to the top for Winter ’25/’26
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Kicking this to the top for winter ’25/’26.
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You’re right on time. With this last front it looks like it will finally stabilize around 54 degrees (water temp). I find it hard to believe that we had to wait until friggin mid December, but here we are.
So the winter fishing is really just now going to kick off. If it’s as good as it has been with the warmer water temps…
Of course I would say this, but I’d go to think the River would become that much better.
But also, hopefully the Biloxi Marsh, dead end canals, Delacroix, Hopedale, Chalmette, Lake Friggin’ Decade, etc. all turn on even more.
Man, am I itching for a legit Decade reports!!
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Ha ha ha ha ha! That’s awesome. I love the motivation!
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If you could only choose between the two, go with Yamaha. I’ve all three brands in one capacity or another and Yamaha/Suzuki needed the least maintenance. Good luck!
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Brilliant!! Thank you for posting this!!!
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Fishing the bridges is good and well, but becomes a lost cause once the water temp stabilizes around 54. Then you want to look at Geoghegan Canal, Lakeshore Estates, Eden Isles, Michoud Slip, The Wall, etc.
Winter spots for winter water temps. Now, if the water warms back up, the trout could move back onto the bridges.
Also, FWIW, water temp at Decade when I fished it last year was 62. So who knows? Maybe Decade just missed out this year. I certainly hope not.
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Trout move out to spawn, slot reds do not. Slot reds are found in very low salinity or straight fresh water year round. During winter we catch specks in straight fresh water. They go where the food is, and there’s more food in and around the River than anywhere else. It’s not even close.
Of course, straight chocolate milk river water is a no-go for trout. But it isn’t chocolate milk in the River right now. It’s trout green and there is not a place in Louisiana where it’s more trout green than the River.
If people want to believe that salinity has anything to do with trout outside of the spawn…well….great. That means more fish for you and me. Well, just you. LOL
But I shall live vicariously through your exploits!
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I’d love to see the kayak side of LAFB Elite come to life. Please do this!
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Oh that’s pretty cool, I haven’t seen that before! It is an experimental product, but still neat. It makes sense the river would come up in January. Hopefully it goes down sooner in ’26. Like in April. That would be splendid.
But, even if/when the river does come up…well, great. Then that means you don’t have to fish it anymore. Follow the fish into the marsh, like at the beginning of this year.
Can’t wait to see the fishing reports!
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+1 on Suzuki!!
