TroutDawg
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Yep, fished it once after an all day offshore trip out of Fourchon, so it was a pretty half assed, beer fueled mission.
It also just so happened to line up on the same night as the redfish rodeo (Labor Day weekend) so there were mobs of people there fishing (my living nightmare, like hard to find a spot wide enough on the pier to cast). Still caught a few dinks to my total surprise, so maybe on your average night it could produce.
Also, if you’re a landlocked angler, we stayed in Fourchon at the end of 3090 and did actually catch a few decent trout fishing from the bank while we waited on the other boat to come in one afternoon which was cool. Some dude fishing at the road end there also caught a bull red. Good luck and let us know!
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Welcome Gabe!
Do you fly fish inshore as well or are you strictly a freshwater trout guy? I, too, enjoy fly fishing for trout – mostly in WNC and North Ga but the coast of Louisiana is my absolute favorite place to throw fly.
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Man, hate to hear about your engine troubles, that kinda thing is so frustrating.
Outside of that glad to hear you had a good outing with family. 3 generations on one vessel is a cool deal!
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The European mind could never comprehend:
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Nice bag. Hope she catches the bug! Hard not to after a day like that, I’m sure
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Solid haul and congratulations on graduating!
Venice is hell on gear unlike anywhere I’ve ever been. Trailer tires, truck tires, rod and reels. Not to mention that damned grey mud on the road in front of the mega construction site. Shit gets on everything and doesn’t like to come off lol
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Jam up! Nice work
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Lots of good options out there as listed already.
If you’re like me (sight fishing first, trout second), and the primary function of your unit will be GPS, I would lean simrad. I’ve had the NSS9 for about 5 years now and love it. Has the 2 front facing ports for chips if you’re going flush mount. I also like having both touch and knob/key controls. The standard mapping chip is a worthy investment, IMO. You can certainly bypass having to buy it by using GED and doing your homework, but that imagery on the boat, at the resolution it provides is nice to have.
From speaking with spotted bass/striper guides here, they have told me that the sonar/sidescan features on simrad are not as sensitive as Hummingbird or Lawrence. Maybe someone else can weigh in on that, as I am definitely not a source of intel when it comes to that aspect of these machines.
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Do a little scrolling and I believe you’ll find the answer you’re looking for. Aspiring Angler made a discussion just the other day on the matter
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When the conditions are right it sure can be fun!
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Could you imagine the hysteria if a US administration tried to pull that off.
It’d be like the “we will not be covering the usage of live bait in IF101” clip x10. That portion of 101 was comedic gold, btw.
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Unreal
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Makes sense. I’m very green on sidescan/sonar. It’s a tool I need to devote more time to fine tuning. Seems like my sidescan is never as clear as yours is when you pan over with gopro in your YouTube videos. Haven’t been able to tell if I’m just an idjit or the machine isn’t as solid as what you’re using. Prolly an idjit.
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Something nondescript could be kinda badass.
While it might not create any more brand awareness on your end like the logo could, it’d still be cool to pull up to a launch and see a few trucks with the same low key sticker. Like the Freemasons…. but instead it’s just dudes who whack the daylights outta trout
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I think there’s still some merit to what you’re saying. You don’t want to hook up just any lithium battery to an outboard and let it rip. Seems like Li Time and Relion both make dual purpose batteries that usable from my brief perusal.
