Devin
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Braid has a textured surface and tends to grab itself as it comes off the spool. Mono is smooth and comes off much easier, and does not dig into itself or pack as unevenly as braid.
At the end of the day just use whatever you’ve got and practice practice practice. I’d rather practice 1,000 times with crap fishing line than a dozen times with the best line there is.
I practiced in my yard, and eventually discovered that a nearby water retention pond held bass in it when I went there to practice casting. lol
Good luck! Casting tackle is where it’s at!
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Perfect size for inshore tackle. Looks like Ron is really pushing that one out. lol
That’s still badass and heck yes I want to go back there!!! Ugh!!
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Where are you launching from?
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“5:50 – arrived at the rock dam ready to whack ‘em.”
That is what I am talking about. I was up for my morning run at 5:50am and it was still fairly dark outside.
Do you use casting tackle at all?
“I tied my next jig head straight onto the braid.”
If that’s what you gotta do, then do it.
“Does this make me want to buy a boat?”
BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand
The learning curve is still going to be there and it will only be more expensive.
“They gave me the slip.”
I’ve definitely had that happen. In a bay boat. In a flat boat. In a bass boat. Even in a kayak (bass fishing in Florida).
I’ve also spent the night in the marsh from something totally preventable that I did (thankfully it has been a loooong time since that major of a screwup has happened) and:
- got stuck by a stingray in front of customers after detailing the dangers of handling stingrays (I was telling them not to touch them, let me handle it because I’m a pR0fEsSiOnAl)
- ripping off lower units
- getting my boat stuck so bad that an airboat had to get me out
- getting an airboat stuck (with customers aboard)
- ran out of two stroke oil at Breton Island
- fell out of the boat in front of a guy who recognized me in Lake Pontchartrain
- and lots of other embarrassing days on the water
My point is two-fold:
- You definitely had a tough day, but it could be worse.
- You are definitely in the learning curve.
You only got to fish one side of the dam (I don’t blame you for not wanting to visit the other side) and it sounds like the wind and tackle were giving you hell.
After that, you’ve got to stay at this. Keep fishing. Don’t give up.
Now you just know “where they ain’t”. We’ve done that in 100+ mile days without much or nothing to show for it. Stick with it!!
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No, but I always thought it looked good. Definitely on my bucket list to investigate. I just don’t know how much attention that area receives. If it doesn’t….well, that would make for some really good redfishing.
Friday looks like the day to go. Wind is laying down real nice like.
If you can get me a .kml I can look it over and give feedback.
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What Cliff said about ego in the inshore fishing world is spot on. Man, it is so nuts that Louisiana adults attach their manhood to catching a bunch of little, slimy fish. Geezus.
Just scroll comments on my YouTube channel to see for yourself.
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Oh yeah, Spotify is my spirit animal. Video has pretty much become standard now. I can watch on a Roku TV and I love it.
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+1
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Yeah, I cannot wait to get rid of my boat. It’s in good running shape, it’s a good boat, but it is getting to the point where I have to fix a few things every year and I’m just wondering when something critical is gonna blow up when I’m way out in the middle of nowhere.
I remember the day I sold my bay boat. I almost cried when I saw her getting dragged away, and those were tears of joy. LOL
My other boat has been sitting outside the entire time (the Tracker was kept in a garage) and it’s going to need to be gutted and rebuilt from scratch for me to feel comfy running her out in Venice and other far reaches of Louisiana’s coast. So that’s gonna be a good deal of time and money. Not looking forward to that. lol
That and boats are ridiculously expensive right now. I never thought I’d live to see a bay boat go for over $100k, but here we are.
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One of the drawbacks of not being on FB is not having that pulse. So thanks for sharing that. Yeah, if people aren’t posting brag reports, then the fishing must be slow.
I do think fish are out there and eating, you just need to find them. In the coming days it will get easier.
Last year was a good spring but, to be fair, there were only a couple bodies of water that I found fish in. Everywhere else was a scratch.
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Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate that. I wish I saw more conservation from Louisiana folk. Yesterday I drove past seven bow fishing rigs on my way to Hopedale Marina. Geez, no wonder I don’t see redfish over there.
I’ll keep your kind offer in mind, thank you.
Your .kml looks good, just understand that it’s probably Sandbar City out there. Be paranoid, take it easy. Have a way to reach out. I use Garmin inReach.
As for your spots in the marsh: those could be good. I’d hope that the outside edges (like those islands you picked out) would be clean, but after all the south wind we got in the last couple days, who knows?
I’d really look hard at any place that has aquatic grass. That will filter the water and make sighting a lot easier.
If you can find a cove/bay between the toes of the birdfoot delta loaded with grass, that could be good. That sets up like a lot of spots in Venice I’ve done well in. I always wondered what it looks like out there.
Seeing that it’s more remote and probably not prone to the effects of dead shrimp under a cork and bowfishing, you stand to find a lot of redfish out there.
Good luck.
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Hats off to you for translating Skippy to other languages to try to figure it out. lol
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I looked over that Wreck Bay route. That leg that goes north into Baker’s, I have not ran completely through it but, based off what I see on GED, I think you’ll be good to go.
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The fishing reports scroll at the end lol
Also, y’all gotta stop putting me on a pedestal, as if I don’t have a propensity to screw things up. lol
