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This good advice! I filled up an ice chest in lake Eugene once in October, then spun my hub in crooked bayou on the way back to BSM. Took me 5hrs to limp back at 4mph.Trip to remember!

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so, last weekend I launched by my house, bayou liberty, I fished bayou liberty first thing in morning, then went train bridge, hwy 90 bridge, lake catherine, ICW, then Lake borgne shoreline from Chefs Pass to Martellos castle, down MRGO to bayou Ducross to Lake borgne then back to chefs and train tressles. Honestly, not seeing any reports that are that great right now, If you are looking for a school of redfish you might find some in these areas but, If I was to make another plan, i’d hit up Hopedale, go to halfmoon, treasure bay, Christmas camp, maybe even try the MRGO behind the Dam.

If you are wanting to fish closer, I understand, I’d try csx bridge and hwy 90 bridge with HDS. Lake Catherine should be getting some trout show up in there too soon. Right now its hit and miss. Tide is going to be better this weekend than last. these spots are very spread out id make more spots closer together and close in the area you want to fish.

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Not a bad report! Water wasn’t moving much this weekend. Even a lot of guides reports were lower numbers of trout and redfish. Honestly if you were to use live shrimp it wouldn’t guarantee more keeper size trout, it probably would have gotten you a few whites and croakers possibly a sheepshead or drum., where did you launch? It’s been a while since I’ve been over there, is there still a launch across the bush canal?

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IMHO I like garmin maps, but the kml to GPX file conversion and download is a PITA. Most conversions websites want to charge for the software after 1 free conversion. I’ve used garmin for the last 10 years and I wouldn’t mind getting another brand just to download safe routes into.

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Welcome to the site!

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in honesty, I use the Garmin Maps and they have enough detailed information and the contour to land is close enough. I make my safe routes in GED and convert them from a KML file to a GPX file and follow the route. Last month I went to Venice, I used Captain Devin’s KML file for his tracks last year. I converted and it and had no issue following it. I actually preferred this to the overload of point already in Garmin’s updated maps, sometimes simple is better, Garmin has a lot of Hazard spots already installed on there maps too but, Sometimes certain maps can be too busy, now nothing against Standard Mapping they make great maps using Google earth image they also have maps with safe routes to community holes and common destinations but you still want to make a route in GED and convert it for traveling, some of the images change in a 2 year period and I’m pretty sure if your going off a standard mapping card image that is two years old its already outdated for some areas. I’ve used them in the past and in certain areas of the marsh you can’t tell what is brush and what is water because its a satellite image. also your goal should be getting to and from a spot as safe as possible, I believe the transfer using GED helps with this, and its THE ONE REASON I JOINED LAFB ELITE, IT WAS THE ONE REASON I WANTED TO TAKE INSHORE 101. and it was well worth it. I feel like the info I got from that one section is well worth more than the cost of a new mapping card, so I’d save your money and spend some time on Google earth and make a safe route and follow it. rely on the info that you already have preloaded and updated on Garmins maps and use GED along with it.

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I think you will still get the charge this route, if you go down Westbank express and cross using Peter’s or Destrehan to lapalco and take a left. Going to LA 23 your past the bridge with no toll. I just got my bill in the mail yesterday.

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if you check out Treasure Bay, also check out Bayou Petre, it might not be good right now, but eventually there will be tons of birds and fish there, the current is insane sometimes, but worth trying. Last year mid October I got a baby sitter and took my wife fishing, we started in Half moon caught a bunch of keepers, went to blind lagoon, drum hole and stump lagoon and was catching trout all day long, it was insane best trip I had all last year.

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I was catching trout in Eloi last month but a lot of smaller ones, your routes don’t look bad. there is some fish to be caught just got to move around and find them. Good Luck, if you don’t get in any, it doesn’t hurt to cross over and fish St Malo for some redfish.

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Thanks for the report! What company do you work for and M/V? I never worked at a tow company but have done a lot of work on different boats when I worked at Eagle Controls.

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Good luck looking forward to a good fishing report.

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I was throwing a lost coast baits white craw, with a 1/2 oz bullet weight. Punching it but also swimming it out. It has a great action. And my thoughts was the white should stand out through the canes and the Lilly pads. But a green and blue I use most of the time. I use a swim hook for them most of the time in the shallow marsh. When I was cleaning fish they all had little bait fish in them. I took a picture so next time I’ll use a swim bait that’s close to these.

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[timbofishn]

I assume you got there by way of Pearlington?

Yes

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I hopped on a boat once that did 28/28. A guy told me he could never go back to working a 9-5 job. I have a hard time wrapping my mind around that.

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when going up bayou la loutre to bakers canal, its like a 4 way! St. Malo is the bayou to the left going back toward Lake Borgne.