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Again, following a cold front, falling barometer I have found the fish chew a little more aggressively. Look at the whole picture. Even though 1022mB is on the higher end of the chart it fell substantially.

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Mono backing and spool packing to braid then it attaches to any setup, either HDS, doublerig, cork, fluoro leader to jig/jerkbait/corky/top water, etc.

It’s easier to unbacklash, throw, etc. Braid changed the game.

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I stopped using full spools of fluoro for this reason. Suffix 832 20 lb. braid with 2-3 ft. of fluoro leader and never look back.

You feel the bite, no memory, casts further, etc, etc.

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1 oz. HDS or die. <div>

And always medium heavy. With braid you feel everything.

SOMETIMES I’ll use a half Oz over there but I hate losing expensive jigheads. You can get a pack of 16 1oz. For $5 at Walmart.

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Welcome back.

I recommend hitting the courses at night little by little, especially IF101. Some of it I suspect you already know, but as you go along you’re gonna pick up what makes these fish & fishery tick.

I don’t really fish that side too often as I’ve always considered that more of a redfish haven so I’m interested to see it from a locals perspective if the trout stack up out there.

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“Pretty much non stop action for the next hour. Bite died. “

yeah, a crew boat ran it TF over. Prior to that it was red hot with headshaking Venice hammers.

We used the soft plastic arsenal today:

-HDS

-heavy jig

-cork

-double rig

I think the cork was most effective, followed by heavy jig/double rig. We picked up fish on the HDS but not as many as I had imagined.

I think as it gets colder that will change.

Epic day. Venice is work, but rewarding.

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Back on my barometric BS, I’ve never fished a quickly falling barometer that wasn’t a banner day. Today was just another example. Got eaten by mosquitoes at the trough which is my voodoo litmus signaling nature is feeding prior to a storm. 2 data points are a coincidence, 3 are a trend.

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You were missed. Besides Josh with his TT it was pretty neck and neck. No one got dominated. Thais still waiting for your TOTS breakout performance. I think it will happen below 48 degrees.

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Those were some hammer trout you had!

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Here’s an old fishing map of Delacroix I overlayed with Google earth.

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An an extremely drunk Cocodrie local who I sat next to on a flight gave me these spots to check out. I figure since those are your waters you can try them out before I can.

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Thank him for me. I couldn’t be there but he said it much better than I would’ve.

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Right where Pilottown Anchorage shoals in IIRC above Cubits.

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They say hope floats so I needed backup.