[LA_Fiddler]

Good work. Finding a productive deep hole is a great strategy out there and if you put a list together with enough of them, you’ll usually produce as they are mostly ignored. They’ll produce even in the heat of the summer once the early morning bite is done.

Another anecdote that I can’t really prove, but have experienced: If I launch grand isle, I’ll stay further south and close to the island when it’s windy. The water tends to get very dirty in the north end of Barataria, even though you’d think it’s more protected. Only exception would MAYBE be a southeast wind.

[LA_Fiddler]

Damn… rough trip. Dirty water makes grand isle super difficult!!

Thanks for the report.

[LA_Fiddler]

Nothing like that croaker thump! Good work

[LA_Fiddler]

If you go to 4 Bayou, I recommend you run at safe light if you don’t have a GPS track already. Give Grand Terre a decently wide berth to the north. There are pilings and debris which will ruin your day.

It will be crowded, but there’s a ton to fish out that way. Not to give too much away, but don’t be afraid to run further east into Bay Long to avoid the crowds.

[LA_Fiddler]

Glad to meet you! Yall pelay’d them trout!!

I’ll put my own report up tomorrow after one more quick trip.

[LA_Fiddler]

I run an 18’ Kenner out of GI with a 130. That forecast isn’t really scary for fishing overall, but actual 2’ swell would probably take me out of fishing the beaches early AM when you have to be close.

[LA_Fiddler]

Launching at Ludwig is going to probably be the best bet with the wind on Saturday. The marsh island directly across Bayou Rigaud has plenty of spots to fish and you’ll have a good lee shoreline to play with, plus all the rock piles on the south usually produce on rising tides. I’ve kayaked across there with a pedal drive before.

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[LA_Fiddler]

Yep. Check my planning post I did pretty much what I planned.

Reports I got from couba island was nothing but undersized reds.

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[LA_Fiddler]

i’d better do that!

[LA_Fiddler]

thanks, cap

I’m definitely going to do some rig graphing. I just got a sidescan in the last couple of months, and I definitely need the practice.

I ran to Couba island two weeks ago just to run around and there was no grass yet, but hopeful for later this summer.

[LA_Fiddler]

I’ll be up in the freshwater chasing reds this weekend but for sure next time you head down. Good luck!

[LA_Fiddler]

shoot, i get the frissons just thinking about running port sulphur to 4B in the daytime! If you fished out there before you know everybody runs east to 4B and pretends like it’s the end of the earth.

So much good stuff east of 4B that nobody touches. It’s my favorite area to fish.

[LA_Fiddler]

thanks for the tip – I tried fishing that rock jetty in December looking for specks, but the water was a little funky. Good idea i didn’t think about stopping there.

[LA_Fiddler]

So as you drive down the island, there are several crossovers for ATV/golf carts, and some of those have parking near them. People just kinda make their own spot. They all have orange signs and gravel crossovers.

[LA_Fiddler]

I’d say 9:30 on Friday, roughly when the tide quit.

There was a good early bite, then a lull, then about 8:30 it picked up again for an hour.