Devin
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You’ve been consistently on the fish in your kayak. That’s pretty amazing. Once it gets colder and the river comes up a little, I bet trout are going to pile into YCB.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“I let you guess what happened there.”
Yeah, I’ve done that before. LOL
Great report, thanks for posting!
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How will you know the grass is there? Aside from looking in the water, seeing it or snagging it?
After that, there are plenty of stumps in YCB, and those are going to be worth looking at. I’d drift them. I think you can catch some fish drifting in YCB.
The tide is what it is, all you can do is fish it. But remember that the river is always moving and you can relocate to where that river current is.
Good luck!
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Man, if you fish out of there again, I’d run up into Bayou Biloxi, fish those deep bends and the surrounding lagoons, bays, etc. If they are anywhere, then they must be up there somewhere.
Otherwise, you already know where I’d prefer to go LOL
Also, Pass a Loutre is in Venice. I think you’re referring to Bayou LaLoutre. Just to prevent any confusion.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Every year some places do better than others.
I think the MRGO at The Wall did well in years past because that’s one of the few places the fish could go during the Freshening. Well, that’s changed now. There are many other equally good or better places they can eat and survive. So that’s where we will (and have) seen them.
I didn’t fish Chalmette last year, IIRC, I just went to those other places. BTW, if you can kick ass drifting east of the river, then you’d do great at it west of the river (I’m thinking Lake Decade). But that is a long drive. Gotta make a day of it, stop to get some boudin, enjoy a good podcast, etc.
I know you’ve been fishing and working your ass off, so I appreciate you taking time to post a report. Thank you, Daniel!
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That cut is called Mack’s Pass, for future reference.
I’ve never done well there, but it is a common fishing spot, maybe not exactly a community honey hole (as I’m sure you’re well aware).
It pains me that there aren’t more trout eating up in Stump. It should 1,000% be on right now.
But you pulled it off anyway. Great report, thanks for posting!
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Do you already have a sonar solution?
Yes, Navico makes Lowrance, SIMRAD and RayMarine.
For the price, I’d look hard at something like a big handheld like the Garmin Montana. I’ve never ran one, but here are the pros I am seeing:
- you can bring it inside your home to work on your tracks and waypoints
- if you have a power problem on your boat, you will still have a GPS because the Montana has its own battery
- with an InReach subscription, you can send messages via satellite (much better than cell or radio)
- you can set it up with a mount to charge it
- spare batteries
- bring it with you on a buddy’s boat
- you can use it for non-fishing stuff (if that applies to you)
- way more mapping options that are much cheaper than some dumbass outdated mapping chip
Again, I have no personal experience with the Montana or other handhelds like it. But I’ve been doing a lot of research and this is 1,000% my next GPS.
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“Just hard to fathom conditions that far up the river (and I mean in Empire/Buras) would support both trout and redfish”
They 1,000% do. It sounds like you’re in the camp of “specks and reds need saltwater all the time”. Many Louisianans (especially from St. Tammany, Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes) who are not experienced in the River think this, and they are horribly wrong.
Great. More trout for me and you. That’s all I’m going to say about that because I have absolutely beat this subject to death here, here, here and here. Not to mention the book published earlier this year (check Chapter One) or the YouTube videos (like this one, this one, this one and this one) where I am literally catching limits of nice trout in either clear-green river water or dirty brown river water (like in PLH last year).
I have caught redfish/speckled trout in the river at Empire and Buras. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Empire/Buras is easy. Everyone knows that. You will see umpteen guides fishing both locations.
What I’m talking about (might wanna sit down for this lol) is fishing the river for speckled trout and redfish at Mardi Gras Pass, an additional sixteen miles upriver.
If one can find them, then you’d be the only guy who knows (or at least one of a handful). It would be worth the effort and risk of not-catching in order to learn “where they ain’t”. It will be like finding a needle in the haystack because there’s a lotta ledge and rip rap those fish could be on. But, if you find them….
And because they’re so close in, this is the time of year to get at them with a smaller boat. Totally doable. I think your idea of fishing PLH is brilliant. There are tons of planning posts here you can build off of, mostly from last year.
Good luck!
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“and the brackish marsh adjacent where fish like to feed.”
We catch them in the river. Surely you are not suggesting that speckled trout and need saltwater need saltwater to feed in? Not in the dead of December.
“say south of Joshua’s Marina?”
No. In the river.
“as fisherman in a smaller boat the thought of fishing in the river just scares me straight.”
This is a legitimate concern. I’ve navigated my 15ft flatboat in the river without a problem. It’s just like anywhere else: you gotta make your wind calls. At least in the river you have more protection, provided the wind isn’t blowing straight down the long axis of it.
“I have been thinking about returning to Beschel though and finding the edge of that outflow, last time it was in the appropriately named Battle Ground Bay.”
I think that’s a great idea. It paid off for me last year when the river came up, but there’s no reason not to try it now.
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Last year I had launched out of Beshel’s to run down the river to Buras and caught trout there. I have searched for trout outside of Mardi Gras Pass and never found them, but they have to be there somewhere.
Redfish, too. They gotta be somewhere.
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Oh, I just realized that you meant something like an Iridium Phone. Yeah, those are the bomb. They work great. SeaTow is only setup for voice calls, but I guess you could do WiFi calling over a smart phone with Starlink.
I was thinking of the satellite capability on smartphones. That’s what I am unsure about, as to their reliability.
After that, I’ve used a Starlink mounted on top of a truck with a magnet mount, and run a cigarette adapter power cord down to the cab through the back window. It works flawlessly.
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I liked that big point on the east end of the lake, but I think that (when it’s on) you can drift damn near anywhere and catch them.
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noooooooooo
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The best places are the ones not on anyone’s radar. And we will keep it that way. lol
BTW, that was my old unit that took down that oil tanker. Very proud of them.
Anyway, if I am home, I will be sure to come see you guys and partake in festivities. You know it’s gonna be a blast.
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Yeah, if you don’t use imaging, well that can be a game changer.
