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I would take a hard look towards Lake campo, Campo pass, Oak river bay and Ameda pond. Fish any wind blown points that have some current coming across them. Bounce around until you get bit. The water down there is dirty so you will have to probably fish with some live or dead bait. You can catch them in some very dirty water so dont get too discouraged if the water is filthy.

If that area doesnt produce I have also done very well in the spring in the Lake John area and in the ponds coming off the twin pipeline just north of lake john. Same deal, wind blown points.

Good luck, hope you can get on some!

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I have not fished Grand isle this spring, but I typically like to fish it a good bit this time of year. The first week in May that past few years has been very good in that area. I have done well fishing in a lot of the bays north of bridge side. Normally get them in 8-10ft of water bouncing a jig on the bottom, with a good incoming tide. Side Note: There was a ton of shrimp boats right around Caminada pass yesterday catching a ton of shrimp. Looks like the shrimp are finally starting to show up down there.

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I have caught some at the Hopedale dam. Never had much size to them but have caught a few that would keep. The rigs around belle pass typical hold some mangroves and it is not a very far run at all.

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Great report! Awesome to see that whole area producing nice fish!

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Believe or not I went on a little night trip last night. Caught a couple nice fish but didn’t have too much tide. I think on the right night you can go do some damage on the lights in Lake P.

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Thanks again Cliff for putting that tournament together! Definitely already looking forward to the next!

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Great report, it was an awesome tournament. Definitely looking forward to the next one!!

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As far as sky conditions, It really depends on where I am at. In Lake P all of my best bites have been when it was a clear sky and a lot of sun. Fishing shallower water I definitely like overcast conditions.

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I have tried to pay attention very closely in the past on how the fish react whenever we have a full moon. The one thing that has helped me notice their behavior is road fishing. You are very limited in road fishing on where you can go. So many times I will be where I know the fish are at and wait out the bite window. It seems that the days leading up the full moon especially during the summer the trout go crazy. Now for fishing the day after a full moon, you will have sometime of morning bite. Then I have always noticed fishing will pick back up around mid day. A lot of time after a full moon the bite window is also a bit shorter. I saw this in this past weekend release over 20 tournament. It was a live leaderboard so you could see whenever everyone else was catching fish. Everyone caught good til about 8 and then almost no fish were weighed in for almost 4 hours. At 12:30 I got on a good bite and ended up catching a limit. I checked the live leaderboard and everyone else was catching again too. Seems to be more of a mid day bite day after a full moon.

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I have run both of those routes and have never had any issues. The second route I run quite a bit. When the tide is low some of the ponds can get pretty shallow but if you stay on plane you should not have an issue. I run these routes in a 24ft triton so you should be just fine.

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Fourchon and Grand isle should be firing on all cylinders here soon. I work the swollfest fishing tournament every year. On June 4th last year, it was insane off elmers island. I mean it was watching 5-15 trout as each swell would come up and break on the beach. Think I caught my limit in less than 15 minutes in ankle deep water. The funny thing is on June 3rd I was out there and didnt see even a sign of life. It seems like when they show up at the beach it is in full force.

I have talked in depth with Terry St. Cyr on this and he was saying that it is always right around the first week in June is the best beach bite of the whole summer. He told me that it always seems to be 0 to 100 when they show up. Just something to keep in mind for the upcoming weeks.

Great report!!!!!

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I had hit that thing about year and a half ago. It is mean, yall be careful running that area! There is an old pipe down there that they didn’t pick up from dredging.

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Great report, very valuable intel for future trips. I am looking forward to the book as well. For anyone looking to try Venice in the near future, if weather permits I would consider taking a look at Breton island. Got a very good report from there today. A bunch of fish over 20 inches.

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Mr. Terry is a wealth of inshore knowledge. Would love to introduce you to him if you do not know him already. He understands our fishery incredibly well. I think you would find a lot of things he thinks about our fishery very interesting!

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Just a little heads up I would take a look at the fouchon barge’s.Talk to a friend who tore them up there this week. Casse-tete island should be holding some fishing in the cut of the island. Just be careful if the tide is low. Ton of reefs over there, but they should be crushing some topwater over there. Good luck if you head that way.