LA_Fiddler
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i don’t know how i missed this, but holy crap what a great story, great trout, great release. Congrats!
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It may be tough to fish the beach if the wind is any higher than forecast. Looks like 2′ seas except for maybe Friday.
Live croaker on 1/2oz carolina rig would be my choice with your crew if you tried it. Throw into the seafoam after the waves break. Looks like you have a hand control trolling motor, so you’ll have to anchor, which could be a challenge in those seas. Grand Isle and Grand Terre beach holds fish, but they have a lot less pressure. Elmers has a much deeper first trough so it produces better. Look for any signs that bait might be in the water and look for where there is a deeper trough in the surf.
The rocks east the state park and right next to GI marina produce good fish on a rising tide and early falling tide. Should be doable to anchor there.
4 Bayou Pass may be worth the run, especially if you’re fishing shrimp and can deal with slightly murky water. It’s much easier to fish that on a hand control trolling motor. Just look for clean, moving, water anywhere near structure.
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Glad yall were able to do something.
Was there any clean water?
More importantly, did you find quality white trout? I think they miss me 😂
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A lot of your points are places I would try in those conditions.
Between point 6 north to point 8 there are some areas where you should be protected.
The bayou is bayou ferblanc, and it’s very shallow between point 6 and the bayou turn, but you can probably still run it on plane.
I caught good size (11”+) white trout on the bottom east of point 7 last weekend. 20’ of water. For your novices, a live shrimp on the bottom Carolina or dead shrimp on jighead there will catch something. Glow Chartreuse Sparkle beetle on a 3/8oz for jigging is my weapon of choice for that.
Some of the rocks behind cheniere (point 2) will produce on rising tides. A couple of the cuts between rocks are 15’ deep and always hold something. Water quality is garbage there on a falling tide.
If you get lucky and the water is clean, the rocks behind GI would be my choice. Shrimp on (cheap) corks for the novices will produce trout, reds, and sheepshead at all those.
20+ wind is brutal but I’m hoping the east direction helps with water quality. Good luck!
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Last week, we were fishing a shallow oyster bed with popping corks. I witnessed 2 dolphins swim up to about 10 yards from the corks and then lay on the oyster bed (like belly on the oysters) in about 18″ of water, so we could still see their dorsal fins stationary. Once the popping stopped and the splashing started (trout on), they lifted up and ran full speed at the trout and took it.
They definitely know what the cork sounds like and they know what it’s for.
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Good report and it matches the reports and experience i got. Those who did well on the beaches in the last two weeks used live croakers, and it was only when there was a window of clean water. The sargassum and dirty water The west wind early last week and heavy rain clouded things up, and it hasn’t gotten right yet.
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Windfinder imports the sea heights.
Wind is most important for beach. Northwest-northeast winds or any other direction less than 7-8kt and you’ll be fine.
Swells over 2’ on the beach and you’ll have issues even with a good wind.
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I don’t know about that outfall canal on the parish line (Duncan, you say?)
Everything outside of that canal is private though.
I’m not sure if they police the actual bayou Trepagnier or not, but certainly the ponds.
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Thanks for the report – really good stuff.
As Devin said, they are really spread out.
You caught in three bayou bay and round lake. That’s the upper limit of latitude I’m targeting this time of year. But I’ve gotten several reports of people still catching specks in Salvador in the last two weeks! Likewise I’ve gotten reports of limits in the nearshore rigs by the gulf. I think the lack of rain has kept salinity up this year and they’re not moving out super fast.
Finding clean water is the game! I like to think of clean water as one of two scenarios: either already being in place already or moving in on a rising tide.
If you went to the south end of little lake (protected from the several days of strong wind we had)and the water is clean early, that tells you the water has been clean there, and the big tide doesn’t need to bring clean water up from grand isle to catch.
If it would be dirty, I’d focus on spots where the clean water is going to appear first on its way up from the gulf.
But if grand isle is dirty, you’re probably screwed.
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Glad you guys could catch on the croakers under a cork. I have never had much success with that technique but my uncle kills them doing that.
I haven’t done much inshore shrimping since i was a kid. I know one guy that does, and he caught good opening weekend, but didn’t sink the boat. Most of the big boats were running outside two weekends ago. When it’s ON, you’ll see them stacked up in Caminada pass on the big tides.
I don’t think we ever got that big slug of shrimp out the marsh this may with the minimal rain and high SE winds. The rain last week may finally flush everything out. I’ve seen a few 20 ct jumping around while trout fishing but not that many.
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Like you said below, the above recommendation is what I’d do if forced to fish haha.
In reality I’d fish the pier at night, play cards, and buy shrimp to fry!
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Old rig that’s been decommissioned. It’s now an artificial reef but I haven’t targeted it with success yet.
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Nope wasn’t us! Must be a different honey hole.
One boat was fishing deeper water near us but catching 5:1 throwbacks on corks and double rigs. Another showed up later and caught a few on corks. We all chatted after the bite died off.
I didn’t cuss after losing my 20 but I have on other days!! Wouldnt blame you lol
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And if we still had that limit then those trout would’ve been 11.98 inches. On the bright side, we have that many more mature fish able to spawn. And the trout fishing has been making a comeback. So that’s good.
I agree. All those throwbacks this year got a chance to spawn again. I think the fishing here has been tougher in the last couple of years due to land loss. IMO, the marsh in Barataria is disintegrating quicker than before, and the water gets dirty quicker and lasts longer. I don’t believe my kids will be able to fish where we fished this weekend with their kids.
Just purely on angling skill, I’ve become a fan of the size and creel limits. It forces you to seek out more mature and smarter fish. I’ve been much more focused on stealth and presentation since the change.
I do worry that we’re taking disproportionately more females out of the biomass. The biologists don’t seem concerned, but i do worry. We eat about 5 fish a week during the summer, so this one weekend stocks up my family for the next month. I plan to target and release bigger trout this June…
