m2mannina
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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 too am in between boats. I won’t have my own until October. It sucks because I have to bum rides but also reveal my spots to my friends..lol The trout are slowly moving in. Some are still offshore, but the reefs are starting to load up. They normally don’t start moving into the bay until the first few fronts in December when the water starts to cool.
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Thanks for the welcome Devin! Yes I have a 25 mag on order. I’ve been without a boat since April. The new won’t be ready until October. Not sure if I can make it till then..lmao..
But yes the fish are starting to move in now that the river has dropped. The salinity is up to 5ppm as of today. The river dropping in combination with the west winds are setting up perfect conditions earlier than normal.
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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.
