RyanValentino
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Nice! What’s your thinking on why one of those rigs is better for artificial and the other for live? Was one of those setups catching while the other wasn’t?
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I’m interested to know if the handhelds work well enough also. I have a fixed ICOM on my bay boat. It’s the kind with digital selective calling and integrated GPS so I can press the red button if things go bad. It seems to work fine. I don’t really care to mount one on my flat boat, but from this weekend in Venice, I don’t like only relying on the phone – even with the satellite capability on iphone these days. I like the ‘two is one, one is none’ thinking on this type of thing.
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I use a google sheet too. The ability to filter and do data entry is a driver. A video log wouldn’t help me – that could be hours of footage to extract data from. The one thing I think video (or even just a voice recording) could help with would be to make a quick recording of the report summary if you know you won’t have time to log it immediately – easier than looking at all the historical data and relying on memory. FWIW, here are the columns I keep in the sheet: date, area, time of day (morning, mid, evening), tide range (low, med, high), tidal movement (rising or falling), air temp, weather, wind direction, wind speed range, water temp, water level, river level, salinity, primary species caught, quantity caught, secondary species caught, quantity caught, spots, comments.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. Weather is looking like sight fishing may be doable Thursday, so will probably burn a vacation day and move with purpose to get down there and fish mid-day/afternoon Thursday.
The other couple boats we can run around in are a 17’ Timbercreek and a 24’ Triton. I forget what the offshore boat is – some type of cat style, so we can probably fish the passes, etc. out of that too. The other guys will be focused on deeper water, and I’ll pivot after Thursday if I don’t find the reds shallow.
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Tough season. I hunted 5 days and shot 5 teal around Gueydan. My buddy stayed out there all week and only shot a limit one day.
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I receive the emails. If I take the survey via email, no call. If I miss the email, receive a call that takes a couple minutes. Part of their job and important data for managing the fishery.
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It’s not too small. But consider having a couple different sizes of soft plastics in the box. “Match the hatch.” If you’re fishing under lights with lots of tiny bait fish in the area, go small. If you’re fishing for February lunkers, go big. Etc.
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Damn!! Appreciate the tag again, but this is typically the weekend I hit Grand Isle with coworkers. Will keep in mind in case something changes though.
In other news, coworkers and I are talking about a Venice trip 10/17 weekend. Planning post will be forthcoming, and I’ll be happy to live-share intel with anyone also down there if that solidifies.
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Good job putting a plan together and seeking feedback. My two cents:
1) You’re right. Tough tide. Definitely prioritize choke points and anywhere the E/NE wind will push water when you’re making decisions on the water.
2) I think your plan is somewhat susceptible to the “time vampire.” Prioritize spots/what you really want to do, and pivot on the water if necessary. My vote would be to save the trestles for about another month. You could find fish there, but I think your chances are better at the other bridges you selected due to tide and transition timing. Also, with this front pushing through, Lake P could be rougher than comfortable – tomorrow is kind of a gotta go to know type of forecast imo.
3) Consider consolidating reds 1-3. If the spot looks promising, continue working the shoreline. If not, bail.
4) Consider poking up into Little/Mud Lake (mouth of Pearl River). You have the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone here. I think you have chances for reds on the shorelines, and the river mouths are prime fall tidal highways where shrimp push out – see if you see any birds working, or try off the points on the bottom regardless.
Hope this helps. Good luck, and looking forward to your report! I’ll be fishing the area in October for sure.
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Glad to see day 2 went well also!
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Nice! And very interesting. So trout were in the coves up shallow? Caught on under a popping cork? Did you see any shrimp popping near the grass?
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Excellent! Glad yall are having a good time!
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Yes, I believe the ROLP gets you on the list.
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Can’t swing it this time guys. Bummed to not catch y’all in person. Hammer ’em! Looking forward to the post-trip reports and stories.
