[RyanValentino]

Excellent! I’ve gotten the itch to try for snapper again. This is out of your 19’ sea pro?

It does make me nervous getting offshore in a bay boat, but I’ll watch the weather and give it a try out of Grand Isle in a couple weeks if weather allows.

What type of bait and rig do you use? (Hopefully I’m not asking you to repeat what you’ve already said in a prior post.)

[RyanValentino]

Great trip! I’m sure the exchange with the guide was satisfying lol. Thanks for the report. I’ll be down that way in 2 weeks.

[RyanValentino]

Great report with a lot of helpful tactical info! Thank you, and glad yall got em!

[RyanValentino]

Bummer – I was more hopeful for you than my red trip on Saturday. Maybe another month or so, and weather will be more consistent, rivers down, setting up better sight fishing opportunities.

[RyanValentino]

Thanks for clarifying – I probably added to the confusion in one of my posts.

[RyanValentino]

Tough trip. No objection to Delacroix plan. I’ll be looking for reds around lake p, lake Catherine, intracoastal today – will try to get a report out tonight in case it may help for tomorrow. Good luck

[RyanValentino]

These topics are well covered in the courses available on this site if you’d like to put the work in yourself, but if you’re just visiting, sounds like hiring a guide again may be your best bet. If you’d like to learn from the guide day 1 and then repeat that pattern on your own, have that discussion with the guide prior to booking.

[RyanValentino]

Jealous of that trip! I have a KML of platforms within ~20miles that I don’t mind sharing – it’s stuff straight from an NOAA chart. Message me your email on here or facebook, and I’ll send if interested. I made it out about 15 miles summer before last and caught a bunch of sharks and one undersized snapper, but really only gave it an hour or two as it was the day I was leaving. I think my weights were too light, and I was using mostly mullet caught inshore – maybe frozen squid would have done better.

Keep is posted! I’ll be heading that way first weekend of June.

[RyanValentino]

Great memory made! Congratulations!

[RyanValentino]

Excellent! Glad to hear that reef had a few – I’ve tried it a couple times without luck.

[RyanValentino]

Here’s a comparison I did back in 2021 when I was buying one for what it’s worth. I heard recently that the Simrad GO series is no longer being manufactured, so those remaining are at a discount price. I wound up with the GO9 as they had a sale that brought the price down to on par with other 7” screens – if you can wait, there are savings of a couple hundred to be had by waiting for a sale. I’ve been happy with the GO9 – easy to import waypoints and tracks. Nice having two card slots – one for Standard map and one for your own data – although can be a pain to access on the rear of the unit if you flush mount on a center console. It’s possible to upload your own satellite imagery as well if you spend time on the computer putting it together.

I’d suggest a similar comparison of currently available models will make your preference clear quickly.

[RyanValentino]

Good eye Shooter. It is indeed a medium rod, and I’ve been wanting to move on to medium heavy.

I debate about the mono versus braid. I hate to admit it, but if I can avoid it, I rather not deal with a leader. I also wonder if I’d wind up with more backlashes – one way to find out I suppose.

If I participate in a tournament this summer, I’ll probably size up the rod and move onto braid as you suggest – I had a couple line breaks during a tournament last summer that I don’t want to repeat.

As for the video, just for fun and not trying to be a content creator, but some good ideas for the next one regardless. Thanks.

[RyanValentino]

Thanks for the advice. I don’t see myself making them regularly – it took a while.

Regarding rather get the shot than catch the fish – I’m not quite there on my fishing journey lol – maybe one day. I did get there with duck hunting and often take out a nice camera for still shots of them coming into a decoy spread rather than a shotgun. The progression of what motivates people in the outdoors is interesting.

[RyanValentino]

Thanks; will have to check that out next time. Think a bay boat can make it through there? The gaps in the breakwater were a little sketchy for me to want to pass in a bay boat, but there is a spot or two I’d be interested to try in the future from the bay boat.

[RyanValentino]

No worries – I can’t expect you and others to be spending their Friday night on the forum. Saw 12, didn’t catch though unfortunately. Still good to explore. Report to follow.