keithl
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Hey Devin,
Yes, I did do my homework and thought I had a pretty good plan but obviously I failed the test. I looked at the winds in Wind finder and I saw 10-15 gust to 20 which I didn’t think was all that bad…WRONG!
Okay, so you really did do your homework, here’s how I would categorize your spot:
Category #1: I would rather fight Mike Tyson than fish these spots:
“When I got to this area the wind really wasn’t blowing that bad maybe 5-10, so I decided to try these but as I got further into the pond it became really shallow really quick. I know logically with a south wind and rising tide there should have been enough to float my boat. It’s a 20 foot aluminum bass boat so its draft is shallow.”
Fish 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 13, 14, 11, 24 and 18.
Mike Tyson will mercifully knock me out much faster than the brutal ass whipping I would take over a period of hours fishing those spots. No and hell no.
Category #2: these spots are either “doable” or protected from the wind:
Fish 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, Structure, and 23.
“The water in the pond was less than a foot deep so I couldn’t get to these spots that’s why I said the water must have been falling out of the pond, maybe from the winds I don’t know.”
Your route getting there is the worst one you could have possibly picked. I am assuming the yellow route is how you’d arrive, then you’d boat from there. “Yes.” That whole way you are facing into that brutal 20 knot wind. I’m going to make another reply to your post showing what I would’ve done, routes, spots and all.
“As I was reading some of your articles you have one in there that shows two possible routes and the one I took was before finding this video. If I had known I would not have taken the one I took. When I got to the white poles in Lagoon Brady I went to the right luckily there was a boat right behind me and he went to the left around 50mph and the whole way through the route to the MRGO. Dude knew this route and he was in about a 26 foot CC. He never slowed down.”
“but the water was blowing out”
What do you mean when you say that? There’s no way the tide was falling yesterday while you were out there. It was definitely ripping in with the rising tide combined with the 20 knot SE wind.
“When I got to this area the wind really wasn’t blowing that bad maybe 5-10, so I decided to try these but as I got further into the pond it became really shallow really quick. I know logically with a south wind and rising tide there should have been enough to float my boat. It’s a 20 foot aluminum bass boat so its draft is shallow.”
“…and fish a few spots on the way back to the pass…”
What pass?
“Pass LA Loutre’. Sorry.”
There were shrimp jumping everywhere and baitfish popping birds diving the area looked perfect but no trout.” There were shrimp popping in the MRGO near the first set of spots.
WHAT PASS?!?!?!?! Arggghhhh lol jk but seriously
I’m assuming you mean the mouth of Bayou Pisana. That sounds really good. Whatever it is you’ve got going on there, be ready to fish it again and downstream of it as the brown shrimp make their way out of the marsh. FWIW, I’ve fished there a bunch over the years and never really found trout stacked up their. That could change. I could tell you more about this spot you found if I knew where it was. Email me if you need to.
“I don’t know where Bayou Pisana is and when I searched GED it shows on the west side of the MRGO.”
“since every time I plan a trip the spots look great on GED”
Doing that kind of planning is good, but the icing on the cake is sharing that plan here. If you did then every other swinging dick in this forum would’ve looked at that plan and said “hell no”. Your last post was something about launching from Bayou Lacombe, not a word about the south side of the Rock Dam.
No two different trips. Lacombe is in the nest couple weeks.
I know it’s kinda weird posting your route and fishing spots, but that really is a great way to learn picking out good fishing spots faster. I wouldn’t post that to Facebook, but here you’re good. Otherwise, I’m not 100% clear on where you went. I could offer further feedback if I did.
“I will from now on and I don’t have a problem with posting here since I believe in this community and know we all hold the same values. Great bunch of people you have here Devin.”
Thank you Devin and for the help to everyone who responded! I’m new to the area and steadily trying to learn how to fish it and catch fish.
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Update: These are the spots I thought would produce fish.
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I think a full moon and clear skies make for a tough day fishing. This is nothing more than a SWAG but I believe you are correct. I also notice on overcast days I always seem to have better “luck.” I also fished last Saturday in the Hopedale area and didn’t do well at all. We caught a couple keeper size trout but that was it and those were released. I didn’t post the report because I saw everyone did the same and it wasn’t any reason to beat a dead horse. It was definitely a grind to catch what few we did catch.
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Thanks guys I appreciate the info!
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I have the same units. Have you tried this : https://youtu.be/axFSU0vW3mI?si=oxh5tDkIzxfwNzwf I save all of my trails I just name each one the day I fished and delete what I don’t need. Hope this helps.
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Awesome. Let us know.
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My outdoor books consist of John Folse books. Hard to find LA fishing and hunting book.
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Awesome Devin. I want to bring my wife Saturday and try to get her hooked on fishing. I was actually thinking Delacroix or here, maybe we’ll have some luck with the extra ideas.
Thank you for your help!
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Good looking boat from Tracker! They’re coming up in design and looks like quality too with the .125 gauge hull.
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Thank you Devin.
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Nice boat! I had the same problem with fuel on a 24Express and I just carried a six gallon can, actually I carried two but one extra would give you that comfort factor on the smaller engine. Lot cheaper than trying to upgrade the tank.
Enjoy the time with the family!
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Gotta love it “troglodyte potlickers.” 😂😂
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I had bought a boat that had a Garmin that was totally cluttered with the previous owners tracks to the same places for months. I saved all of the tracks to a micro sd card and then deleted everything and converted from the garmin gpx file to a KML file the saved tracks so I could load them into GED. What you can do is take all of the tracks and delete them one at a time until you have a manageable track for each point you want to save and give each one a different name. Once loaded into ged you can modify as you wish. Sounds complicated but it’s really easy. You can always go to the sd card and reload them if you make a mistake and want to see them again on the gps. Hope this helps. If you need more information let me know.
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Be careful. I was in this area this past weekend and the water is super low! In bayou Loutre it was averaging 2.5′ low of 1.5′ and deep of 4′, in the stump lagoon area it was in the 1.5′ range. I stayed on step to say the least. Good luck.
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Academy has them and Bass Pro. A lot of the marinas have them too. They’re common.
