Devin
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That’s a long day on the water.
FWIW, I carry extra shear pins on the boat, and tools to change them. I’ve only had sheared pins a couple times in the last ten years, but it’s a show-stopper when it does happen. Also a massive PITA to change if its deformed into the plastic hub at all.
But, in your situation, I just would’ve gone home and changed it in the comfort of a garage.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Not bad for staying closer to home.
Great report, thanks for posting it!
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It’s good to have you back, Ron! Thanks for posting an intro!
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It is good to see someone applying their homework and cross checking it here. Man, what a breath of fresh air. Thank you for posting this! Now, some much needed intel you really want to have:
Past RFP 6 you have a pretty bad cypress tree/stump in the middle of the bayou that got me about 3 or 4 years ago. I documented it here.
Also, in the southeast corner of that lagoon RFP 6 resides there is a laid over cypress tree you can see when the water is clear.
After that, I wouldn’t depend on going in the Biloxi Marsh and see more than 20 redfish, which is few enough to make me stay in bed. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the bowfishing charters have absolutely raped and pillaged the daylights out of the redfish there.
I’m sure anyone fishing dead shrimp didn’t help, either.
With that said, I’m confident you’ll find clear water and see some fish.
Now, after that, I would look hard at Magill Lagoon, or anywhere you see grass growing.
Next, all your routes are good, save for the notes we made on Stump Lagoon and those cypress stumps. I’ve ran all of those extensively without a hiccup.
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Where do you normally fish out of? I’m guessing Hopedale/Shell Beach/Delacroix?
Welcome to the forum!
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Way to not fish a community hole. Good stuff. I love that.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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That’s pretty darned good for the Rigolets, especially seeing that area gets hammered regularly.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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What an excellent report.
Man, you guys really have set the bar for reporting. Good luck finding reports like these anywhere else. Very impressed.
Also, I think you woulda crushed the trout at the Grand Banks reef if you had stayed there and worked it. Deeper moving water tends to hold biting trout longer when its hot. That and I’ve whacked the daylights out of them there on more than one occasion.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting an intro. You’re definitely in the right spot. That Bass Tracker is a great boat and will do everything you need it to.
Hopedale isn’t a bad place to fish, but this coming fall/winter you will want to look hard at Venice. It makes Hopedale looks stupid and a total waste of time. LOL
Can’t wait to see some reports!
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Dude, F Biloxi Marsh.
It’s so dumb. If I never fished BM again in my life, then I’d be alright with that, on the caveat I still get to hit Venice when the river falls.
Very little can compare to Venice when the river greens up. The wind can blow as hard as it wants, it doesn’t matter, the water will be perfect there. The trout will be eating.
Biloxi Marsh = throwbacks and every dummy in the Greater NOLA area pressuring what keepers are left
Venice = wandering around and finding hammers/keepers biting in lots of places
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Are you guys seeing people use ChatGPT to write reports on Facebook?
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What Boyce said. RFP 5 is lots of stumps and laid over logs. When the water is up it’s not bad, but during winter it’s a lower unit destroyer. Or at least a knocker. Definitely knocked a few in there.
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That’s a good sinking weight. Okay, just checking. Thank you!
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Yes. The lure must get to the bottom and you must know when it does.
Should it fail to do so, then it’s not the Pontchartrain Pop. It’s something else.
The number of pops, how hard it’s popped, or the price of tea in China is irrelevant. What’s relevant is getting to the bottom and keeping that bait moving across it.
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Well, get ready because we’re going to peer pressure you as hard as we can to get down to Venice. Screw the Trestles. Forget The Wall. Seabrook? Who cares?
Neither of those can hold a candle to the river when she’s been sitting under 5ft for months. It will change your life.
Or don’t go. Because after experiencing river trout you just won’t see the point in fishing anywhere else, not when the river is the cleanest, greenest thing on Louisiana’s coast.
