LA_Fiddler
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Ready to fish some slicks this fall/winter
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If you’re fishing grand isle, fiberglass. Even a smaller fiberglass boat will handle the chop you have to run through much better than tin.
Used, Blazer 2400, Kenner 23 (if you can find one) if you need a T-top. Kenner 21 without a T top fishes 3 just fine. I’m partial to a Kenner, and everyone that goes in mine (1998 rolled gunnel with the splatter gel coat) is shocked how well it handles waves, especially for an 18.5′ boat.
I fully agree with Devin. Less creature comforts, less stuff to break. The late 90s early 2000s rolled gunnel hulls were purpose-built for coastal trout smashing.
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Nice work again! Most of that area you circled is a large oyster reef (maybe 2 different ones actually) with white poles to mark.
It’s a great area.
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Very well done!!! Saturday was definitely a struggle out there.
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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.
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Damn… rough trip. Dirty water makes grand isle super difficult!!
Thanks for the report.
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Nothing like that croaker thump! Good work
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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.
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amen! The fall temps are calling
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Clarithromycin – there aren’t many studies but the ones that tested this had the best outcomes by far.
Doc said he’s seen it more than a few times down here. Once the culture comes back, may switch up the antibiotic. They recently had a case where it actually didn’t culture for 5 weeks! I’m at 4 since the sample was taken and it’s still negative.
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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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i’d better do that!
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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.
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I’ll be up in the freshwater chasing reds this weekend but for sure next time you head down. Good luck!
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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.
