Devin
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Short and sweet report, I love it.
Sounds like a great day on the water, thank you so much for posting!
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This man cannot be stopped.
Okay, great plan. Folks at home, looky here, this is how it’s done!
The wind is playing in your favor, too. That’s a lot of ground to cover, but better to have and not need than need and not have when it comes to fishing spots. They’re free. lol
Those wing dams (or weirs) south of Joseph Bayou, I think that’s where you can make your money. I like to fish them, then move to the rocks and jig those. Just be mentally prepared to snag and break off lures. It’s just part of the game.
Those stretch of rocks south of First Spillway can be good, too.
I think it will be a good day to fish Southwest Pass and you’ll explore a lot of it. Good luck!
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You sure are going to drive past a lot of primo fishing getting to Christmas Camp Lake.
I’d pick out a dozen spots closer in. I’d fish the typical fall shrimp pattern and the flat pattern that Cliff Hall figured out.
I do think Hopedale Lagoon and Oyster Bay are a good start, but you will be learning where they ain’t. Definitely try out some deep holes, too.
Good luck.
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“Just tell me both these plans are terrible, and I will work in the yard.”
Ha ha ha ha ha literally how I feel sometimes. But you know that ancient wisdom: “Ya gotta go to….”
Is sure do like the idea of fishing Delacroix to try the flat pattern that Cliff Hall figured out. I’d also look hard at Bayou Lingeo and Bayou Robin where they dump into the lake for a shrimp pattern.
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I think you have just as much a shot at trout, by drifting the bay, and can catch redfish against the shoreline, by the cypress trees and around the cypress stumps. IIRC, there is a launch you can use on the NE shoreline.
I think that if you go back to Hopedale you are more likely than not just going to do the same thing and get the same result. But at the bare minimum if you go to Venice you would have done something new and gained more relevant inshore fishing experience.
If I were you, I’d go do the new thing.
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I appreciate this podcast talking about this, because enough people are not aware. The menhaden reduction industry has a storied history of annihilating fisheries on the entire east coast and the Gulf of America is their last bastion.
These things just need to go away. Our coast is in no shape to support further pressure on the food chain. This has been beat to death and covered ad nauseam for decades. But because it happened somewhere else it’s new to Louisiana folk (who tend to be painfully behind on the power curve….just an observation, not a judgment).
Thank you so much for sharing this!
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“One thing I have found that works in almost any are is extrapolating patterns into other areas.”
You are speaking my language. I wish more people got this. If they are biting on flats under X conditions in area Y, then they are probably doing the same thing elsewhere in areas A, B and C.
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Yes and no. Patterns are patterns. Go fish.
Very interesting that you are catching them on a flats bite, which I assume the primary forage there is finfish, like small croakers, gobies, etc.
Fish are gonna do what they’re gonna do. Sometimes I wish the punching bag at the gym is the collective face of each and every speckled trout. LOL Such a small animal sure can drive one mad. lol
Great report, thank you for posting!
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This!
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Thank you for chiming in! It’d be great to see the kayakers unite and kick ass!!
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He posted a report.
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Looks like did not look at your route on GED at all.
Unless, of course, you’re trying to follow in my footsteps and build a collection of busted lower units. lol That you do not want. They take up space and aren’t worth anything. So let me save you about $12,000 of learning things the hard way:
I see two things that are sketchy. The first thing is the north/south leg of the western-most part of your route. I’m not aware of a route like that that’s safe to run. You will have to run through the Wall if you want to safely navigate that area. Use GED to see that route, just like what I show in 101.
The second thing is that southeast/northwest leg past the mouth of Bayou Bienvenue. There are pilings there bigger than s&*t that are sometimes just under the surface.
After that, in the future maybe consider numbering your fishing spots so we can say “#1 stinks” or “#1 is good” or whatever.
If you make things easier for the average knuckledragger to understand your plan then you are making it easier for the average knuckledragger to give you feedback. People are generally unwittingly dumb and lazy, and you’ve got to makes things easy for them…..and even then it’s not guaranteed. Ask me how I know. lol Overall, you make great posts. That’s working in your favor for your long term success.
Now, I would fish Martello Castle and Bayou Thomas first thing in the morning. But that could be me being stubborn. Based off Cliff’s reports, I’d fish flats and grass mats (or the edge of grass mats). Lots of drifting.
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Yes, that’s one.
That and literally watch my video here. Doesn’t get much simpler than that.
You’re fishing the weirs in Southwest Pass further toward the mouth of the river, way past the spillways on the west side and that cut on the east side.
Good luck!
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Yes, that and it will be the best time of the year to fish there. Good luck!
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No, because the fishing there sucks. At least by my standards, anyway. It’s a shadow of what it used to be and there are far better destinations this time of year, for redfish or speckled trout. Venice (in my opinion) currently wears the crown for all species, especially when the river is under 5 feet.
I wish the fishing in Hopedale was better. Believe that. It’s not like I personally pulled the plug on the fishing there, it’s just what happened. I wish it weren’t the case. When Hopedale was on fire I never had a desire to go anywhere else!
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That is a wonderful accident to have. Venice continues to surprise me. Thanks for the intel.
