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Boyce

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April 26, 2025 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Chandeleur Islands 4/26/25

Sounds like a pretty awesome trip! Man, it was so hot out there today, I thought about getting in the water with them several times too lol.

Boyce

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April 25, 2025 at 1:14 pm in reply to: 4-25-25 – shell beach

Great intel, thank you! I’ll be out tomorrow and this is helpful.

I have a similar issue ongoing in my boat. First start of the morning lately, I’ll turn the key and get nothing. Try 3-4 more times and it fires right up and is good to go the rest of the day. I can’t pinpoint my issue either.

I was going to recommend looking at the starter solenoid, but I see you’re already on top of that.

Boyce

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April 24, 2025 at 10:01 am in reply to: Lafitte 4-23-25

WBJ is the man!

Boyce

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April 23, 2025 at 4:56 pm in reply to: Who’s fishing this weekend?

I’ll be flying solo in Lake P Saturday. I plan to launch at the butt crack of dawn and hit the bridges before the crowd shows up. That could be 2 hours or 10 minutes, who knows. Once I’m surrounded by the GNO population, I’ll head out to other areas of Lake P. I may take a look at the rocks near Irish Bayou, the east shore of Lake P, then I’ll probably venture into Lake Catherine. I’ll be running around like my hair is on fire if I have to.

It looks like Speckled Trout are chewing all over the place, but I’m trying to temper my expectations. Last time I got too fired up in Delacroix when everyone in LAFB was fishing that morning, and I came back with the worst box out of everyone. Lol.

Boyce

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April 23, 2025 at 4:57 pm in reply to: Who’s fishing this weekend?

Strategy number 2 is to search Lake P for @will-grand ’s boat and mooch off him because we all know he will be hammering them. 😂

Boyce

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April 23, 2025 at 2:11 pm in reply to: Navigating White Poles Safely

When I first got my boat, I was idling around an area I was unsure of, and sure enough I hit some rocks with my lower unit. Now, I was only going 3-4 mph, so all that happened was a little ding on my skeg and a bend blade on my prop, so I replaced my prop, put some JB weld on the skeg, and re-painted it. That’s a helluva lot less expensive than replacing a destroyed lower unit. Hitting something while idling will at least keep your fishing trip going most of the time.

Boyce

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April 23, 2025 at 1:45 pm in reply to: Navigating White Poles Safely

To piggy back off what Devin said, I always idle whenever I am unsure about white poles, or anything else for that matter. I’m coming off plane, switching my graph to side scan, and going sloooooooow to see what’s around me. And of course checking my depth. Based off that information, I’ll either keep idling or get back up on plane. Idling is your best friend sometimes in the marsh, so don’t be shy about taking it slow. Let some other knuckle head pass you on plane and watch him destroy his lower unit first.

Boyce

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April 23, 2025 at 12:01 pm in reply to: 4/23/25 Rigolets (not the Trestles)

Hell yes! A smackdown!!!!! Great trip and even better report. The mosquito theory is interesting for sure. The weather looks nice this weekend and your report makes me want to get out there.

Boyce

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April 22, 2025 at 9:10 pm in reply to: To flip or not to flip, that is the question.

I agree with everyone else about using the fish’s momentum. I also try to make my boat flips smooth (not yanking it out the water). The smoother you are the better. I probably boat flip the majority of my trout, but the big ones (a judgement call once they surface) I net every time.