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maybe I’ll do that then. I was afraid there might be a flotilla down there, but there’s a lot of room down there.

Thanks

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I watched the fishing report for August fishing (the one that said “Don’t do it!”) and put my boat in the shop for much needed repairs. Ready to go next weekend, so I’ll look at the weather and the tides and put together a plan

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Nice, and I like that area, that’s the area we do the best in. I almost went up that way but I wanted to try a new area, and by the time 9:30 rolled around I didn’t feel like running all the way over there and find no water moving. Didn’t have the grind in me today

Glad you guys killed it

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Thanks for reporting. That storm kicked all our asses as we all knew it would, but I’m like, just get out there. I’ve had days that look horrible that end up being productive. It’s all more productive than sitting on the couch

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Awesome! Thanks for the reply. I’m going to watch that video for sure. I started to try to sight fish, in fact I still have two pairs of glasses, one blue and one amber, in my bag. I never committed to it but I need to. I think once I see a couple and know what to look for, it’ll be easy.

One follow question: Who fishing the canals that go down to like 7-9 feet, do you jig the bottom or fish the column? Like cast from the side of the canal to the middle, and then drag up to the shallower water. Or vice versa? Or do they even sit in those canals?

There’s plenty of grass out there, I’m pumped. I may chase some trout to start the day this weekend and go out to like Black Bay, but definitely doing the Texas rig

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Great report, thanks. I almost tried the long rocks but stayed inside and worked like a dog for a couple of reds and a few yellow cats.

I think we all have a friend like that, he wants to fish but it’s more about being on the boat than actually catching fish. It’s tough when the day is a grind

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Thanks for the reply. Yeah, nothing substitutes for TOW. And it was tough, tough conditions yesterday, we knew that going in.

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No, we didn’t try Bayou Duhe, after Mandeville we wanted to get back to more familiar territory.

We fished a couple of the openings on the south side but didn’t really fish the canals. Not sure what you mean by running against it.

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Yeah, those camps turn on sometimes but it’s been a while since I fished there.

No, not Riverside, there used to be a launch on the easy bank at a harbor which had a lot of boats in it down around the Pointe A La Hache ferry. I think it dumped you right into about Quaratine Bay. But if I was going to fish that area I’d just cross the river after launching at Fort Jackson

I have a buddy from Biloxi who wants to jump in my boat this weekend if I go, so I think I’ll either go out of the Rigolets and into Biloxi Marsh or meet at Hopedale and go down by the long rocks. The tide is going to start falling mid morning so I’ll plan a trip based on what cuts we want to fish on the way back in. I’ll post it

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I used to launch at Fort Jackson and cross, and that’s not too too dicey, but yeah I know what you mean about Ostrich. I launched out of that harbor in Poydras once and the guy there told me how to get out, and I did and it worked, but I think it was more luck than skill.

I just want to hit some trout outside this weekend and until the fall comes, I’m getting lazy and resorting to plan redfish too much.

What about the camps around Cat Bay, would those be a good choice now? You can fish the other side of those islands. I haven’t done that in a while.

I may just go down to Venice

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No areas in particular. Grand Isle is a long car drive through a lot of speed traps, and you can get to that area going down and launching at Myrtle Grove or even Port Sulphur. We used to do that, and you can fish on the way back in.

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Thanks. That’s what I thought but I was just looking for confirmation. I’m going to launch at dark on Saturday and not waste any daylight.

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And I got my Texas Rigs set up! Looking for those grass mats

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That’s what I thought, just wanted to make sure I wasn’t leaving anything on the table in those canals. There’s a couple spots where like to pull out some yellow cats, I can eat those all day.

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Let me get a follow up on fishing those ponds when they’re full of grass. Should I be using a gold spoon? The redfish spinner baits with the spoon get all tangled up in the grass. Should I just drop jigs into the clear spots? What about those craws, I started throwing that because those things get through the grass pretty well.

Is these a course that covers that specifically? I remember seeing it touched on.