malice
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See you at the launch!
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Nice! When I used to fish dularge we would hit quick limits of reds right on the canal on the south bank on the way out to lake decade. It was almost a certain thing every trip and we would catch lots of bonus bass.
Great trip! Btw i saw trout chasing glass minnows out of the water in delacroix last weekend. Probably was what you were seeing.
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Id skip straight ti spot 3. It is one of the most productive spots in port sulphur. Stay on NW corner of the 4 way and fish the oyster bed.
Before you leave the sulphur canal headed for lake washington there are oyster beds on the north shoreline that I have caught absolute hammer boxes out of.
The canal just past spot 7 where it dumps out with beds on both sides..mmthe land of milk and honey. Go up into that bayou/canal too and there is more heaven back there.
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Sounds like an excellent trip considering you were fishing out of the titanic!
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Im waiting to see the report. Despite not having a huge tide, today should have been an epically good fishing day.
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Another thing to be aware of is how the tides run out there. SO there is a USGS buoy at the empire canal near the jetties at the pass. THere is another station on grand bayou near grand bayou village. You can compare the last days tide data from both stations to get an idea of when the tides will be where you are. Generally speaking the tides run about an hour lag for every 5 miles north you go. SO if the tide starts falling at the empire buoy at 8am then it wont start falling at grand bayou till like 10-11 oclock. You can use this info to know which direction to run to first. YOu may want to start all the way south or all the way north. ALso the tide pushes inward in two directions. Upward from grand bayou and in from the sulphur canal. So the tide rise will be more apparent usually from west to east. IN other words the tide will start coming in harder at the Grand Ecaille end of the sulphur canal when the tide turns.
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Ok That is a good plan. Be aware that that loop is a long long way, not that it can’t be done but you are passing tons and tons of great fishing just getting down to the passes. I would scale back your exploration a little bit. Maybe focus on just the sulphur canal and areas just to either side of it for now. You could literally spend weeks just doing that.
In between spot 4 and spot 5 is No Mans Land. IT has claimed more lower units than any place in Louisiana I’m pretty sure. The old sulphur mine is out there and there is an absolute ton of oil and gas platforms, pumping stations, and well heads. It’s a mine field. THere are navigational markers that must be followed when running through the area at the end of the sulphur canal going into lake grand ecaille. GO SLOW. In fact the only places I can recommend going fast anywhere in port sulphur are the sulphur canal and grand bayou. Even in the middle of lake washington there are submerged pilings and concrete structures. I know where a lot of them are and I have marked tracks where I know I can go fast. I recommend going at half speed even in some of those bigger open bays and lakes. I don’t want to dissuade you from going but it is a place that requires respect and slow exploration.
Maybe try looping around this way. Save the passes for when the summer really gets hot and the trout move out to the outside. This has an area in it I call the land of milk and honey. I bet you can find it if you follow this route into Lake Washington.
***Im looking back over the wind with an increase in southwest to 8-13 by 1pm ish. That might as well be 25knots out there if you are all the way down by the passes. There is zero wind protection. I dont know what boat you are in but that can be a hair raising ride accross those bays. They will be bumpin a nasty 2 or 3 ft chop much like lake P. I would recommend being back up in the marsh by the time anything over 10mph winds kick up.
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I fished the stripper tournament 2 or 3 years ago and I crossed over there in the afternoon with a southwest wind blowing about 12. That was enough to make me not want to do it in anything any windier for sure. Talk about wide open. In the spring I have drifted the garigue on nice days and caught some nice fish!
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I have snuck some gaftops into the fish fry on those lean days, but I would much prefer to serve trout. Gaftop isnt bad but the trout IS better….plus, I much prefer to target the trout. If all I find in the process is slimers, then so be it.
Also, I know my posts are long and rambling, but I did in fact mention I was taking the boat. The kayak is a hell no. I have fished some tournaments in the kayak with wind blowing like that but I wouldn’t choose it over the boat in that wind for sure.
I am very close to saying, f’ work and f’ my paycheck, I am going tomorrow and then I wont have to deal with the wind. I can go to port sulpher and crack em and stack em.
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Alan Turing could not solve that mystery!
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I want to do paddlepalooza so bad but its all up to my better half as to weather or not I can make it that weekend.
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Thanks boyce. Hopefully i can fish again soon!
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Also foe the record any guys with that much gear are rocking some.big solid kayaks. We dont mind if you pass us full speed. We are usually out of the way unless we are in open water. Just keep your eyes peeled that you dont come around a bend in a bayou full speed. As far as wake….well Ive got pictures somewhere of me with an lng ship passing in calcasieu channel. As long as we are in deeper water our kayaks will crest big wakes no problem. Id be way more scared of that in my boat. Haha.
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Those were likely the 2 guys who were behind me coming around the north point of hopedale lagoon. I wasnt far from where you saw them.
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Where the intersections of major tidal highways and lakes spill over oyster beds, baby yoda says “Catch fish you will.”
