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Man it was a tough day out there today. For the first half of the day i couldnt buy a bite. Josh caught like 3 at the dam. I dont know if it was boat positioning or what the issue was at the dam. We bounced around similarly and got similar results. I only caught 3 fish, 2 keepers and a white trout. Josh caught 4 keeper trout, a keeper red, and a throw back flounder.

The only thing that made me feel better was during the LDWF survey, the agent showed us his logs, almost everyone had a 0 marked next to it. Said one or two other people came in with 5 fish. Tough day.

What i gathered from this trip was: the fish are scattered out. and they are mainly still inside. Dont waste time outside yet. Unless you are targeting sheepshead, stay on the inside.

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Good luck. Report back, even if you dont knock it out the park. Havent see any reports from that way.

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Nice report thanks… Im a day laborer on the river… Just throwing it out there haha

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Pier21 in Kenner specializes in steering repair. They did my seastar unit in like 48hrs and had me back in the water quickly. Get it fixed or one day it will strand you like mine did.

Thanks for the report

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A good spinning jigging setup to me is simply a shorter rod, less than 7’, preferably 6’6”, medium/ medium light or heavy depending on brand. And a 3000 series real or smaller.

Thanks for report. I haven’t been over there in a minute. Been trying to catch sacalait lol

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100% costas glass lenses only.

I’ve tried a number of different brands and price ranges. They all suffer from the same failure for me personally. The reflective chromatic coating. On all plastic lenses, that coating is exposed on the exterior. The moment it is scratched, the coating will begin to flake off rapidly.

Whereas the costas GLASS lens, not the polycarbonate/plastic lenses, that chrome coating is sandwiched between two layers of glass. If you need to wipe them with your shirt, they won’t scratch. They are a little more expensive than the plastic lenses and they are a little heavier, but the durability is top notch. I personally will never buy anything but the glass lenses costas because of that reason

Also when my costas broke, they just sent me a new pair. My Oakley shades at twice the price, dont have that kind of customer support.

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If you go the costa route look online for deals. They say the green lenses are the best for sight fishing….

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So I (kinda) installed the steps. I can see why the expensive ones cost what they do.

These universal ones just are not well thought out. First off this particular one must be installed on the starboard side or on the tongue, I would prefer if it attached to winch post for the port side since that’s the side of the truck I get out of. For my trailer installing them on the tongue for my trailer would make clearance an issue when backing up (like when I back it into my drive way, they would likely go through my tail gate.

Then installed on the starboard side, they really don’t come out far enough to clear the deck of the boat. I wasn’t able to install the hand rail because of the design (see photo, that photo was taken without them fully installed, fully installed I have no clearance)

I suppose on a smaller boat (lower deck) or one with a longer tongue, and no surge brakes, they may work just fine. I haven’t used them while launching yet but for my boat they are like a 3 out of 10 rating from me.

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so I fixed my trailer’s wheel fender step pad yesterday. And I ordered the cheaper Amazon steps and they came in today but since I worked all night last night so I’ll probably hold off a day to install them. They were $169 on Amazon so expectations aren’t super high but I’ll report back once they are installed

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Thanks man. I was looking online, they ,make a 12 gallon tank for about $100.

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Thanks Devin. Thats not a bad idea, except the summer is normally when i want the bigger boat to fish outside bays… But your probably right. I need to bite the bullet and get it done before my boat delaminates on me.

I hadn’t thought about white kitchen. I wonder if they got sacalait back there… Westbankjosh got me hunting sacalait. Best fish ive ever eaten. No fishy taste and small filets make for good frying…

Have you fished lock one much? The other day we saw maybe 6 boats out there. I dont know how much fishing is done back there. Super clear water could easily see 3-5′ down.

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I certainly hope to make it happen lol.

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Thanks. shouldve seen the kids face when i told him i would be using it crab from… He was like ” dude… i used to shampoo the carpet after every use… even had a no shoe policy” lol

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Yeah, seems like every time i go by there, i see something new they have done.

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Bingo.