Devin
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“I will say I could not find any bottom structure on my side scan.”
Well, good on you for using the provided GPS coordinates instead of blindly fishing wherever the buoy is. It definitely gets dragged off site by storms and for the longest time was something like a half mile or more off site.
I’d watch folks go to it and fish there. lol
But the reef balls are there. I promise you. Just motor around next time and find them.
“It was fun for my kids to see the cork go down.”
Yes indeed! I’m happy to find a bunch of small white trout or small specks just to let the kids have fun. So, mission accomplished, in my eyes.
Also, I think you’re referring to the Tulane Rig. The shell pad and some rig trash were still there last time I graphed it (which was last year, I think).
Next time, go straight for the other rigs in Lake Borgne then move up into Mississippi Sound. That’s what I would do if I had to fish that area.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“All the reports from the beach had been underwhelming, and the surf still looked a little messy from what I saw friday afternoon.”
Exact same thing I’ve heard.
“I’ve never thrown back so many 12.98″ trout”
Fascinating. It’s almost like dolphins have rulers and obey the creel limit. lol
“We easily would have had a 2022 limit”
And if we still had that limit then those trout would’ve been 11.98 inches. On the bright side, we have that many more mature fish able to spawn. And the trout fishing has been making a comeback. So that’s good.
Going east to Venice will solve your trout size problems.
“We posted up downcurrent in about 3′ of water, and casted 1/8oz and 1/4 jigheads upcurrent into the cuts, and let the bait drift over the structures working it very slowly.”
Beautiful. The boat positioning, etc. Just beautiful.
Excellent reporting. Glad you adjusted and found some fish.
Now we just need a deterrent for Flipper. I still want to try the aluminum baseball bat idea (clinging two together underwater, not hitting dolphins with it lol….though some days I want to)
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TOTS strikes again!
“My topwater game needs work, so more fish were lost than caught due to poor hookups.”
I wasn’t there, so who knows? But my guess is that you just need to let the fish take it. Don’t move until you feel him on the line, then sweep the rod. You’re not setting the hook like you do flipping. Just let him take the lure. Sometimes they miss and you don’t want to rip it away from them. Let them bite it, let the lure fold over on to their face then sweep the rod. If not, you will only hook them with one treble hook as opposed to all three (or two).
“Getting to add tracks to my graph in a new area of Venice makes me happy.”
THIS
I do think that if it stayed overcast you would’ve been good.
Excellent report. You are on the path to long term success in the most challenging/rewarding place to fish inshore on Louisiana’s coast.
Thank you for posting!
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“Decided a trout wouldn’t stage to feed in that so left.”
Ah, a “I haven’t fished Seabrook or The Jump” clue.
So tie on a heavier jighead or, better yet, a Heavy Drop Shot. A one ounce lead will get you there. lol
With that said, if it was only 8ft of water, that doesn’t give me much confidence. I really like it to be 10ft+ when fishing rocks, with rare exception.
“Stopped at the rock barges but the water was super muddy there.”
Noooooooo!!! Ugh, that sucks!!! I bet they’re there when the water clears up and the wind quits.
“I think my biggest error was not checking geosphere in the days leading up to the trip”
And all you would’ve seen are clouds. There could’ve been a break in them to see the water, but I doubt it (I was checking myself).
Well, it seems like everyone had a tough time. I don’t know how local guides did. I would check Keith Bergeron, Daryl Carpenter and anyone else in the area to see how they did. I bet it was a grind. With all the wind and dirty water fishing over there would have been tough.
Next time that happens, maybe just run north and look for those redfish.
I’m sorry it was a tough trip. On the bright side, you’ve got those tracks now.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“Pointe A La Hache looked like and to see if it had bait to target redfish.”
As soon as I read that I knew it would be a bust. PLH just hasn’t been great for redfish for a few years now. But good on you for just going and looking anyway. That’s what is gonna keep you ahead of the power curve.
“we left Hopedale Marina at 5:30 headed down the Spoil Canal and out the long rocks to the platform roughly 5 miles out.”
NOW we are cooking with gas!
“There were several boats there and of course they was in the prime spots.”
Those are kinda community holes, but if they were there first thing then there must be a slew of trout there. I’ve fished those rigs a bunch over the years, catching 100+ trout on charters or with friends/family. When I want to fish those rigs, I leave the dock (if I was leaving Hopedale Marina) at 4am, definitely no later than 4:30am.
” Devin mentioned this in my planning post about where they remove the rocks for the dam. I didn’t know that they did this and was thinking no way they picked up every rock. Nonetheless I graphed and found rocks scattered all along.”
Yeah, so I really like for people to figure things out for themselves. I want them to think critically and actually fish instead of waiting for the spoon-feeding.
The gap in the rocks really isn’t a secret, but that there’s still rocks there is something a lot of folks don’t know. So when I read that is what you found there, then I know that you’re paying attention and applying yourself. Bravo. Thank you for that.
And yes, I think that if you want to get on fish, you gotta get closer to Breton Sound/Venice. The fish have a lot of water they can be in. It’s not like 2011-2014 when there was a bunch of fish and a little water for them to be in.
Man, what a report. Excellent work. THIS is Louisiana fishing. Glad to see someone come in here and show us what’s up. Thanks for posting!
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With that said, you can jig anywhere.
Maybe consider jigging somewhere else.
I bring this up because people tend to learn better through positive reinforcement. If you are going to what will amount to a grind, you will not be positively reinforced on what works and what doesn’t.
Sorry, but the best time to fish those bridges has come and gone.
You’re really better off catching some fish. So, if I were you, I would go hit the rigs/reefs in Lake Borgne, Bay Eloi and Breton Sound when the wind allows. Which, unfortunately, does not appear to be on June 5th. You really want the wind to lay down. June 7th and 8th look better.
I understand you probably can’t fish those dates, I’m bringing those up as examples.
Good luck.
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If you just want to grind a jig bite then go to the bridges and jig until you get tennis elbow and your hands are covered in blisters. Jig your heart out.
With that wind, do you think you will want to fish the north or south end of the bridges?
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Well, whatever y’all did, it worked.
- 40,000+ views
- 1,000+ likes
- 400+ comments
That’s the best performing video on that channel, and it may be performing better than the 2014 drone video. Can’t say for sure because it’s not an even-steven comparison, I don’t have those analytics anymore, and the data I did have isn’t aggregated as well as what we have today (12 years later).
At the end of the day, people need to know about menhaden reduction.
This video is just a set of jingly/shiny keys to get attention. The next one is the one that will hit home. It goes live on Monday.
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That’s pretty cool. I’ve got an 8wt that I dabble in. Haven’t committed to it yet.
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Man, I dunno what y’all did. But whatever that was, KEEP DOING IT
The video has absolutely exploded in analytics overnight.
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If there was such a thing as magical settings that just worked then the graph would come from the factory set that way.
But they don’t, do they?
Think about it: it’s like a flashlight. The further the flashlight can see into the dark, the further you can see.
When I am hunting for those reefs, I punch out to 300 feet on either side and use a lower frequency to see that far (450khz).
When you see them, drop a waypoint, motor over to them, then use a shorter range and higher frequency to see more detail (if needed/wanted) and figure out where you need to position the boat to get presentations on and around them. I’ll do something like 40-60 feet at MEGA frequencies. 800khz works fine if that’s all you’ve got.
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“How are you going about identifying oyster reefs?”
Sonar helps, too. But GED will zero you in a lot faster. Yes, I get it. GED homework is annoying and time consuming. But nowhere as time consuming as looking at all those PVC poles without knowing where to start.
That and the river is low. Still in the single digits and not forecast to get into the double digits.
It’s not like 2019-2021 when the river was high and all those fish got pushed to the west to Grand Isle. Like it or not, they’re closer to the river.
I guess you can look at how the guides in GI did. If they’re posting limits to social media for 9am then there’s your clue.
I’m sorry it was tough, but this report is still a good one. Knowing where NOT to go is key! Thank you for posting!
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ha ha ha ha ha ha “My LIfe’s Work” that’s funny
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Thanks for the help! Looking forward to your report.
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Okay cool. Well it looks like the wind will setup perfectly for the Long Rocks. I’d fish the section that has land on the other side, the end, the open part that was taken out to build the dam, the other end and then the very tippy tip.
My fav part is the one with a stretch of land on the other side.
Then you can go inside to the MRGO and fish the SW and NE side for specks and reds. You will be out of the wind there.
Of course, there’s always the south side of the Rock Dam. You never know what may wait for you there.
