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Something else to think about is hookup to land ratio. Single hooks are less likely to be thrown once they are hooked. So, if you are specifically targeting trophy trout, it may be worth throwing single hooks. I changed all my big hard baits for tarpon to single hooks for this reason, but they are more likely to throw a hook even with single hooks. I’ve not had as much of a problem with trout, so I only have a couple of normal sized topwater lures with single hooks.

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Nice report! Man, I hit Ameda later that same morning and it was a ghost town. I was actually thinking that if my timing were a little different, Ameda and Tanasia would have produced. Glad you were able to capitalize!

EDIT: I was wrong, I fished there Saturday, not Friday.

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If the wind lays down enough to get to the camps at four bayou, they may be worth checking out too!

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Dude, I went out there to do a little bass fishing last weekend and the number of coots (pouldeau) on that grass is insane lol. I’m not exaggerating when I say there were at least 15,000 of them. I couldn’t even see water between them, they were so thick that they looked like giant black tarps on top of the water.

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Thank you for the report! That’s a lot of flounder, I guess closing during the spawn is helping them out! I’m curious what you call a keeper vs throwback? I personally just go with my gut on throwing it back but don’t have a hard number for when I keep one.

As far as leaders, I like a double uni and I’ll tie an improved clinch on the lure end, I usually will have the line break at the lure end. Palomar knots will tend to maintain more strength so I avoid them unless I am fishing something where I have less chance to snag or I’m fishing straight mono/flouro.

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I’m digging the first episode so far! I didn’t realize Spotify would play video but lo and behold lol

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Honestly I was banking on being well enough to fish this morning after 4 days down with the flu (I wasn’t lol). I typed up my plan running off a steroid shot. Since Sunday looks like a no go with winds gusting to 35 mph, it will more than likely be next weekend before I’m able to get out and execute this plan. Although Tuesday looks ok right now…

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Nice trip!

That fish in the box is a hybrid; striped bass will have unbroken lines.

I’ve never trolled the rocks, but I have a buddy who does, I know he tries to troll right around the crab trap lines that run parallel to the rocks. He’ll look at the buoy ropes and try to get his lures in the vicinity of the trap itself.

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Gotta give the mermaid a couple of aluminum bats to keep the Lafitte dolphins away like @WestbankJosh

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Yeah I think I’m going to do some research and get a set up for it. Plenty of uses for it inshore!

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Yeah I have thought about it for a while as well. I think I’m gonna take the leap, I’ll take a look at that channel!

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Lol 100%, I’m too nomadic to say I have a home base.

Oh I’m definitely interested lol. I’m looking at satellite imagery from Saturday, dang Chandy is looking pretty right now. Were the trout y’all caught all big girls? I’ve always been curious about the trout that will stay out there year round.

I also bet Cat Island would be a good option for some big trout right now, I caught a 21″ trout about this time last year in the canals over there just messing around. Hopefully the winds will lay down this spring so I can get out to Chandy though.

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I’m down. Hopefully I won’t run off your audience lol.

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It’s funny, I wasn’t expecting it to be as redfish heavy as it was. I was thinking the bass would be in those canals but only the one bit. It overall felt like a grind, I’m grateful just to have caught the 3 bulls that I did. They were all impressive too, 29-31 inches but built like tanks not the skinny bulls that may have just got to 30 inches.

That said, I want to go back and explore because the scenery is so unique. I expected the area to look more like Venice, but it was its own animal entirely.

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Where you pop out of that skinny canal into Bay Allen, I’d continue to that canal and avoid that skinny, squiggly bayou. It’s been choked out by hyacinth during warmer months anyway in past years.

Yeah I’m honestly scratching my head on this one. That bayou looks like it’s silted in right before it gets to the canal anyway, I think I just had tunnel vision and missed the forest for the trees.