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You’re gonna wanna go back over that route to Little Lake. The key to using GED is to zoom in and look at where you want to go, just like I do in this planning video: https://www.lafbelite.com/lesson/if101-8-3/
In that canal, there are two walls blocking the way. Consider this: if you didn’t see those, then what else is there that you may have overlooked?
I know it’s a little bit of a PITA to zoom in and out that much, but it is nowhere the PITA ruining your boat is. Believe me, I’ve learned that the hard way. I really don’t wish that for you.
Now, with that said, the path down Bayou Gentilly is what you want to take. I see that @olw3rd got you squared away on that, but that exact route is also covered in detail inside 101 here: https://www.lafbelite.com/lesson/if101-6-1and2/
It’s very important you understand the context of why that route is not so obvious at first glance because, on the day you want to go fishing, the water is going to be low. I’m looking at the predicted conditions now and there’s gonna be a stiff NW wind kicking up the day before that will blow a lot of water out of the marsh. It is not going to be the time for innocent mistakes. If so, you will be, at best, using that SeaTow membership. Hopefully not something worse.
So, here’s my advice to you: go back over those videos linked above and make sure you have that subject matter committed to heart. Saturday will test your navigational skills.
Now, after that, the spots you picked are pretty good. They play well with the predicted wind. I would like to add something: your “deep hole” spot in Grand Lake could do really well, but do look for redfish and puppy drum on the shoreline in shallow water south of it.
Recall Stairs Theory: all those fish are going to drain out of the shallower marsh to the west. That NW corner and west shoreline could do really good.
After that, I personally feel a lot of trout are going to get into Oak River. Your least wet/most safest route there would be down through Grand Lake into Orange Bayou. Crossing Little Lake to the Pencil Canal is gonna be rough and wet.
