m2mannina
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It’s been very hit and miss this year. I did pretty good in November while the fish were transitioning in. Obviously something is up this year. My last 4 trips were not even worth reporting. I fished by some of the guides my last two trips out and didn’t see them catch many. In fact my last trip out the guide cut his trip short and headed back to the launch at 8:00. I know bc I was right behind him.
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Yes it is definitely a run. Roughly 40 miles to the inlet whether I put in at Burns Pt. St. park on the coast or put in at Morgan city and run the river. I’ll probably never go due the distance. I always heard of the area turning on there earlier being east of river. I’m just to the west and it’sucks until it gets below 9ft att B. Larose
The fishing in V. Bay has been very lackluster. The guides are even struggling bad. Most hung it up for the year. Some say it was bad water from the river dump. Others say it was the freeze. My last trip out only yielded this trophy.. lol. Look at the size comparison of the 3” matrix.
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I have an Aftco Reaper. Very cost effective at $109. I have the pullover and just bought my wife the reaper jacket. It’s lightweight blocks the wind and has a built in neck gator.
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The chip is pretty good for only $50. It’s definitely worth it. As with any chip and new area, extreme caution must be taken. Some of the reefs are not shown on GED due to our water clarity not being the greatest. I know the area well and have done my research on GED. Plenty of reefs do not show on the historical timeline. Here is a screenshot of some of the reefs from my chip
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I also suggest getting a reef chip from Cajun mapping before trying to get to diamond reef. There are many reefs before you get to diamond. Pavy reef is the first reef about 2 miles to the east and Tbutte is about 2 miles to the west.
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The trout are moving into the bay slowly. I caught Sat.,Sunday, and Wed. at various points on the north side of Marsh Island. Bayou Michael, Michael Point to name a few spots. Look for primary points with the most tide movement. I fished the incoming tide all three days. Fish a 4-horseman popper with a 36” leader, and a 1/16” death grip jig head. Almost any color plastic works. The 1/16”jig is key. They are sold at Dagos in Lydia. I find I don’t catch much at diamond this time of year. I’d focus on TButte and Pavy at the mouth of the pass. Position your boat to where you can cast into 3-4 ft of water. The reefs are big. I mostly focus on the ends of the reef. It’s a high er percentage area of the reef for me.
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I use 14lb FC sniper. I’ve been using it for years and have no reason to switch.
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The last speaker is my friend Andrew Godley from Lafayette Louisiana. We fish together from time to time, very passionate about fishing. I agree he did a good job of highlighting what others haven’t.
BTW he’s the owner of Parish Brewing who makes world class beer right in Broussard Louisiana. He has a wide range of beers. Ghost in the Machine is my favorite.
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It’s a sad day when voices of the people that pay the taxes of this great state are silenced. The buffer was reduced to 1/4″ mile from a half just 1 year after it was made.
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Don’t sleep on a custom built rod. A good shop can build you exactly what you want for competitive store bought pricing. I just had a 6‘4”med fast w/ short butt built by Swampland tackle in Lafayette La. for $250. It is super light and perfectly balanced with a Lew’s custom light reel.
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This is an excerpt from a local newspaper written about a local 3-month tournament out of Cypremort point that starts on July 5 and ends on September 28. The leading speck right now is just over 4 lbs. A 4 pounder is doable but not very common in my area anymore. I think it cements my suspicion that the bigger trout are holding on the docks at this time of the year. I’m sure as the water gets colder, they will gravitate to the flats to warm.
“Marks believes his front-running fish should stay atop the leaderboard in the Speckled Trout Division. “I think it will. There’s still some time. (But) there’s a lot of people beating on those piers,” he said, adding any arrival of cooler water could trigger bigger speckled trout to feed. “The fish are not moving around a lot. The water’s 90 degrees right now.” Also, Marks said, “Right now we’re getting a lot of east wind blowing a lot of freshwater in and keeping it kind of cloudy. Here around the Point it’s not too bad. When you go out to the reefs it’s not good at all.” The Capt. Quints Cast & Cruise Guide Service owner targeted piers and docks along the Point to catch the top speckled trout on a Creole shrimp-colored Matrix Shad on a ¼-ounce leadhead. “I think I had caught three. It was like 8 o’clock in the morning. I had just pulled up to that spot. I had pitched in there a couple times when I hooked that one,” he said, noting he realized it was a big fish right away. “The problem was it was 10 feet from the boat,” he said, noting he didn’t have time to get the net. “I didn’t want to risk losing the fish because it was right by the boat so I flipped it in. I called it a day. I figured to catch one like that the same day would be highly unlikely. Also, I didn’t want to have two fish over 20 inches.”
Read more at: https://thedailyiberian.com/2025/09/02/250903-outdoors-cp/“
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Thanks for all of the replies. I will try to target the reefs on the southside of the island also. That is mainly where I fish anyways. This year will be a little different for me as I am 100% out of hunting. I will be able to focus on fall/wintertime fishing. I could never do that with the hunting I did. I had a smaller boat in the past so once the north wind picked up it wasn’t safe for me to cross the bay. I have a bigger boat arriving in October sometime. I will focus more of my time out there fishing the oyster reefs. I do like top water and occasionally catch a few. However, I’ll have a better chance now that I can throw it during a more productive time of year. @Devin What is that particular evergreen top water. size you use, the SB 125 or SB105.
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I think it is just this time of year they are there. Say maybe till November before the water cools too much, but hey what do I know. Our fishery fishes’ way different than the most eastern/western part of the state. That’s why I’m here asking questions. You’re right the salinity during the summer is not enough to hold the big trout. They are most likely offshore spawning. The salinity got as high as 6.5ppt in early August. It is now in the low 5’s. The docks do get some pressure, but not as much as you may think. The few people I see when I’m out seem to just fish the perimeter. Most of the crowd is going for numbers. They pile in the cove and trash pile. The people that really know how to fish are chasing numbers vs size. So, they aren’t spending a bunch of time looking for a handful of bites. That is why I feel like if I can skip a mega matrix or something slightly bigger than the standard matrix further under there, I may have a better shot. I’m sure they are feeding on croakers and pin fish next to those pilons away from the pressure.
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Just wanted to consolidate and get really good at one thing. I liked hunting but fishing has always been my passion. I collected many toys over the years geared toward hunting (houseboat, Airboat, gatortail, and a 20′ CC bay boat.) I found myself enjoying fishing way more than hunting and not utilizing the hunting stuff. Another reason is how the duck hunting has gone down in South La. I was in a family lease since the early 2000’s that bordered the west side of the Wax Lake Delta (Atchafalaya River). We had really good hunting at one time, but the land we leased just isn’t the same. Our ponds became tidal, and the ducks seem to have changed their migration patterns. I focused more on the deer, but that too has changed drastically with subsidence and erosion. The land was harder ground at one time and has since changed to more marsh. This has made the deer hunting less enjoyable. The wax has silted up considerably and restricts the flow, so when the river is high the water backs up in the marsh. I sold all those toys and will be taking delivery on a Haynie 25 mag in the coming months. My wife loves to fish. We’ll be full steam ahead this winter. The only bullets I plan on touching this winter are silver bullets. lmao
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Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve spoken to some of the older guys who fished during the heyday and many of the stories of big trout came from docks in the area. Our bay doesn’t really have many flats we have one huge cove that is protected the most during the winter. That is the area you hear Devin refer to as the cove. Tons of trout are caught there but it is the most well know community hole in the area. The docks are in the same general area. The yellow circle is considered the cove. The orange are the docks I was referring to. That whole area is in the 6-8′ range.
