[jbohannon45664]

After completing most of IF 101 and reading reports and looking at conditions, I have developed a plan that will hopefully work out for tomorrow. We are going to try to be on the water mid-morning depending on the thunderstorms passing through. If it isn’t too rough, we plan to hit the bridges and trestles ( I didn’t mark them on the map because they were obvious locations to me). Afterwards, hit the mouth of chef’s pass and the shoreline (TRT 1,2,3). (If it is too rough, we plan to hit some of the locations off of the ICW or Chef’s Pass to avoid the wind). If we haven’t found trout by then, I am sure we will want to try for redfish. I marked a couple of ponds on the map RF 1 and 2, but I am unsure if those will be good spots or not. Any information on this plan would be appreciated, as well as any other possible redfish ponds? We plan to use the main waterways to travel, as I haven’t had enough time to research safe routes through the marshy areas properly.

Day 2 we plan to head to the castle, mrgo flats, and chalmette wall depending on how day 1 goes. Thanks for any input that you guys can give a rookie to this area.

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[jbohannon45664]

Thank you very much for your help.

[jbohannon45664]

Thank you. RF1 is in goose pond. I could see the prop marks from GED. I was hoping there would be enough water to sneak in there and maybe sight fish. It looks like it has drains on both sides, so I was hoping some water would be moving as well. Do you have any recommendations for redfish spots relatively close with a popping cork or some plastics?

[jbohannon45664]

Thank you. I will try to research on GED to find some of those flats and give those a try as well. That would be great, as it is very close to where we are staying. Maybe we will see you out there tomorrow.

[jbohannon45664]

Thanks for your response. I hope to finish 101 before we leave out Friday morning so that should help, but I was just looking for any help I could get before then.

[jbohannon45664]

Thank you for your response. We are staying at Island Marina so we just figured we would launch out of there everyday, but I am sure if there is a better location close then we could travel to launch every morning. I will be fishing out of an Xpress H20 Bay with a 115 SHO. I just joined the elite club today so I am working my way through the 101 class right now. Is Lake Catherine deep enough to run across? I was thinking with the falling tide, we might could fish some of the bayous that spill out of the lake. We can use any type of rig or bait. I am relatively new to inshore fishing so most of my experience has come in the marsh with popping corks and live shrimp, but I have recently began throwing some plastic as well.