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It definitely was a great day on the water. Fall fishing is about to be lights out!

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Take a look at this video:https://youtu.be/IljWh41rWD0?si=QFgQKFXLzUkRShFK

You can adjust the size weight you are using depending on how deep they are. The chum isn’t necessarily unless you want to catch them on top.

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You can still chum them up on reefs and cut off rigs. I chummed up a monster school of mangroves to the surface from 100ft this summer. The only thing with chumming them up from deep is you have really know how to play currents to make sure your chum is making to the structure. Also for chumming, sardines sink and pogies float. Chumming them up from deep, you need sardines. A much easier way is to send down a big carolina rig. Tommy V on youtube I believe has a couple videos doing it this way. They will typically sit 10-15ft above the bottom structure. Big live shrimp and live croakers are the ticket. To be honest a conventional reel with a line counter can be lethal fishing that way. You can drop back down to the exact spot every time and get them fired up. I have seen the line counter on the reel make world of difference for fishing mangroves deep.

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I typically like to jig with mono. I jig with fluorocarbon as well, but it can get a little pricey. I feel like I keep them buttoned up way better with mono rather than braid. I think at times too the trout are still seeing the braid even with a leader on it. I think this can make a difference when fishing somewhere that gets a lot of pressure. Regardless, all of these lines have a time and place that they work best in.

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Stump lagoon, wintertime?

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I was down in Grand isle this past week and did very well in the four bayou area. As well definitely worth checking some of the rigs in that area.

On a falling tide keep your eyes out for birds around beauregard island. Ran into some really nice fish under those birds in the afternoon.

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Awesome report, can’t beat a good topwater bite!

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I will be there!

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I would recommend getting the Garmin boating app if you are looking to get into some of the nearshore stuff. A good place to start if you are in the Breton sound area is Main pass 40 block. They are normally plenty of cobia and mangroves on these rigs. The east bay rigs are also great if you are fishing down river. For Mangroves you can mess around chumming them up with sardines and pogies. I have had lots of success doing this. If you really want to do something special, get yourself some really big live shrimp. Throw them on a very light carolina rig.You will make everyone else at the dock look silly. They can’t resist it.

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Biggest one was 22 inches. Tossed back a bunch of 20 plus inch fish. They are out there right now.

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The deeper into the sound you go, the bigger they get!! As for light conditions you are right. It wasn’t overcast out there but it wasn’t super sunny either.

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I have caught trout along the whole coast using a jig. It doesn’t matter where you are. The jig is deadly.

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Will be posting reports from Borgne this afternoon!

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It is Dude’s dock. We have been keeping the boat over at his slip for a few years now.