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Funny you mentioned that because when I was deciding whether or not to fish the power lines, I remembered that a buddy of mine used to fish them 20 years ago. So I asked him about the relish this time of year, and he confirmed that they’re there this time of year, and then he said “be careful on the lake, that wind can kick up real quick on you”

After 20 years he remembers that. Something we can’t remind ourselves of enough.

<font face=”inherit”>I may try to hit them again Wednesday after work if I can. I’ll be </font>driving<font face=”inherit”> in from Baton Rouge after a work function and if it’s calm I may grab my buddy and give it a go</font>

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Great report, thanks. We all know you meant 7/25, not 12/25.

Yeah, the best laid plans get befuddled when that wind kicks up. I think windfinder undershot it a little bit for Saturday’s report too.

Read my report for Saturday, I think the power lines on the west side of Lake Pontchartrain might be a good fit for you on calm days because you could be to those in about 10 minutes tops.

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I’m game. I told my buddy we’d go out this Saturday to Port Sulphur again, but may as well try something new. Didn’t kill it out there, but had a couple really nice trout.

I’m trying to decide between west lake Pontchartrain power lines and the Lake Salvador rigs. My question is, why would these places be good right now? That water on the west side of the lake must be very low salinity, why would they make their way over there?

Seems like there are more plan B’s in Lake Salvador if the fish aren’t at the rigs.

[mschultz304]

I like this trip plan and may do the same thing Saturday. I was going to go down to Port Sulphur again this weekend like last but then I read how Capt. Devin said to quit doing the same thing.

I’m like you, I have 90 Yamaha so I can’t really get too far out either. I also may have three in my 18 foot boat Saturday, and that’ll slow us down.

You think Franks is the closest you can get? I’ve gone out of the Jean Laffitte public launch before and it’s a fast run down the canal, and there are some huge power line poles that have a lot of grass around them that we caught redfish in. This time of year that grass may provide some shade for them to hide in.

FYI, I see you’re using 30lb braided. I’ve been using 20 lb braided forever and I’ve never had a line break and have caught as big reds and black drums as you’ll find out here. You may be overdoing it and it’ll slow your lure down trying to get to the bottom. Just a thought

[mschultz304]

Thanks for all this! I like that first route, I can do that with my 18 foot boat. I’ll feel a lot better knowing I’m heading down a proven path

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Yes, thanks. I did start last year introducing myself to Venice and I did the Jump, the mouth of the river, and Bayou Collette. Just didn’t want to start running down the pass yet. I did mark all the openings that had structures blocking them as per Capt. Devin’s map.

I love it when the Jump is hitting, you can fill the cooler a little bit and then go run around

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Can’t wait for that river fishing to kick back up. How far out would I have to go into SW pass to get some trout action? I have a 90 Yamaha 2 stroke so I wouldn’t want to run much more than an hour out. I can put an extra 5 gallon gas tank in there with us, I’ve done that before

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Funny thing, I started researching lithium batteries and I decided I wanted to do a lot more research before forking out $1000 so I bought 2 standards batteries again. I’m glad you mentioned that about the water level because I never used to check that, and I’ll add that a buddy of mine who works in an auto repair place said to drain about an inch out and fill with this stuff caused Therm Oil. I can’t find anyone who stocks it, but you can order online at Walmart

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Thank for this, never knew this

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great info, thanks

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awesome, thanks

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Thanks for the link

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thanks, I’ll look into those

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You didn’t miss much. We should’ve come in at 9am

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It was pretty clean. I can’t ever seem to get good images on my computer from Modis. Maybe I have the wrong settings