ShooterMcGrabbin
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As long as you dont have a poling platform (like me) you should be fine. Also its only a problem after several days of east wind and high tide. Its always good practice to approach bridges at a slow speed until you know their air draft in comparison to your boat. Those spots are also great for evening redfish with a heavy drop shot. The downcurrent side of them is great in the morning if you need to catch some mullet/pogeys with the castnet.
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Welcome back!
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Welcome Matt!
The courses are a great start and coming into fall you can start applying those lessons right away. However, if you don’t smack them on the first couple trips don’t lose hope.
This fall is shaping up to be a great one and there’s plenty of opportunity to get on some great trout/reds.
If you have any trips coming up put up a planning post with as much detail as you can a couple days before hand and I’ll throw in my 2 cents as I’m sure others will to.
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I don’t have GPS in my boat. A phone and a light draft goes a long way. I also have a 14′ bamboo push pole that helps me when I find bottom. I sell them locally so hit me up if you need one.
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3 lbs and flexes in ways fiberglass can’t. I went through several high dollar carbon fiber ones before I switched to bamboo.
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Holler if you need some help. I’ve fixed a couple people’s stuff in here and rebuilt both my boats and outboards so I know a thing or two.
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All good man, good luck with the repairs/chores. I’ll FaceTime you when we start boat flipping hammer trout.
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We should have 1 slot available if you wanna hop on.
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Ehhh you’re right, I re-classified it.
I showed restraint, and if you were doing Saturday I would be the wheel man backing you out of the rig but nahhh you gotta be a “good dad”.
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Hey man, thanks for considering. We’ll take pics.
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Its my pleasure and should be a great time, especially with you making it.
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So we have snapper on lock. They are very easy to find, and easier to catch. The good thing (or bad, depending on how you look at it) is the season may end very soon.
I ran some numbers in chatgpt and here’s what it said:
Red (fast fishing, ~60k/week): Quota hit around Sept 6–7, 2025.
Orange (average pace, ~48k/week): Quota hit around Sept 13–14, 2025.
Blue (slow fishing, ~30k/week): Quota hit around Sept 28–Oct 1, 2025.
Green X: Current status as of Aug 17, 2025 (720,127 lbs landed).
Black dashed line: Total quota (894,955 lbs).
Interpretation: Unless harvest slows dramatically, Louisiana’s red snapper season will likely close sometime between Sept 6 and Sept 14, 2025, with LDWF typically announcing closure 1–2 weeks in advance when landings approach 90–95% of quota.
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Oh hell yeah dude, this is gonna be epic.
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