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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a 2 year period and I’m pretty sure if your going off a standard mapping card image that is two years old its already outdated for some areas.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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yes, I was thinking the same thing at 5:30 this morning leaving the house for work. I need to replace my old maps.

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Hi, look at the tide chart for Bayou Bonfouca for when your fishing the north end of the HWY11 bridge or train trestle it’s a lot closer than the tchefuncte. That should help when you’re planning a trip to fish bridges it’s usually close within 30 minutes of being right. And if your fishing spots in Pearl river, Lake Catherine or ICW I use the rigolets tide chart. And they usually are 3-4 hours different than each other. Hope this helps.

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This thread is 🌶💯🔥

I’m probably going to be down there myself tomorrow morning, what time y’all meeting and which launch?

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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.

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Oh the #aintnohobbybraw Dude!

Sounds like a saying someone has to say to affirm them self!

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Definitely can catch reds I caught several off octave pass last week, didn’t try for trout because didn’t put in water until 8:30am

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The river looked nice and green. I caught majority of the fish in octave pass not far from main river.