Devin
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Here’s a quick video of it for size reference.
Y’all be safe out there!
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Yes! I literally just finished a post about some different rigs and a route down the Spoil for people to try. It’s like you’re reading my mind. In fact, everything in this report is like I went and fished that today. Unreal.
“We left New Orleans at 3:30AM headed for shell beach.”
BANG! I love the early morning wake up and the dedication.
” I wanted to launch from Venice but I hadn’t had time to do my homework on safe routes so I opted for the 40 mile run that I have done before.”
Smart man. FWIW, that run out of Baptiste Collette is pretty straightforward: once you’re out of the rocks, keep going straight for awhile before turning, because the water has silted in on either side of the channel.
I have not personally run that in awhile, but I have heard that’s the case and that’s what I see on GED.
“They didn’t run through the rig so I don’t think they were the problem, there was LESS bait but still bait so a bit of a head scratcher.”
When they drum real loud while fighting, that will spook the trout. I hate bull reds, too. But to hook into quality trout like that is classic Breton Sound. I love it!
“There were 8 boats stacked on the east corner of the island, I only saw two fish caught and they were throw backs but I would have to expect they know more than me?”
I haven’t been out there since the island was dredged, but I know I liked to fish the outside on the north side of the island, and the inside by where the Coast Guard station used to be (those pilings that are there).
I’m not sure what’s going on there these days.
“The tide was falling and they would consistently be on the north side instead of using the rig as a current break. Very bizarre.”
That is kinda weird, but in bass fishing it is common to fish the upstream side of something when fishing in current. Sometimes the current breaks just in front of something like a rig or bridge pilings and fish will stack there.
I think you did great and will only get better with it out there. There’s certainly a bunch of specks stacked somewhere out there.
Breton Island is good, but everyone fishes it. It sounds like you know how to read sonar, so if I were you I would dedicate to more of those rigs.
Check out this .KML I posted in the General Discussion forum.
Great report, Levi! Thanks for posting it!
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Here’s the .KML file:
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Oh, and thanks for posting an intro and welcome to the forum!
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I see that you use the Polygon Tool inside GED.
You know, I’m something of a Google Earther myself. lol
I don’t know your thoughts on night fishing, but I bet that’s 100% a thing right now.
Specifically, the lights at Treasure Isle, strong incoming or falling tide. I’m sure you know all about it.
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When I saw “Hackberry” I thought this was a Big Lake report. lol Doh! But I know Hackberry Bay by Grand Isle, I shoulda known better.
I did modify the title to reflect Grand Isle.
Man, y’all gotta come up with something for these dolphins. I heard that banging two aluminum bats underwater scatters them without screwing up the fish. One of y’all need to seriously try that in order to see if there’s a way to get around this dolphin problem.
For the record: dolphins have always been a problem like this, just less so during the Freshening and, now that things are back to “normal”, the dolphins are back in force. It is what it is.
Great report, Ryan! It sounds like the bays north of Grand Isle are doable, and that’s great for when the wind blows.
Thank you so much for posting in here!
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Also, I understand that the .KML files in the FTRs are neato (and they friggin’ are), but myself and others can whip up some KML goodness here in this forum. You just have to ask, and be specific. Where ya going, what ya doing. That kinda stuff.
Because having those routes laid in before hand makes all the difference in the world.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do that. Imagine if you just winged it and launched in the dark with no idea where to go or what to do. LOL I’d rather just set $100 on fire in the driveway then go back inside, crawl in bed and go to sleep than subject myself to that nightmare. lol
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Dude, if I went to a brand new area and did what you did, I would be happy. No ripped off lower unit, nothing bad happened, you got in and out with your ass and have a handle on where and where not to go.
That’s what I do, but people don’t seem to remember those trips. Sometimes I do bang ’em on the first try, but my best fishing trips were the ones that took long term success to build up to them.
You did what 99% of angler are too scared to do: go somewhere else. lol That really is the case.
I haven’t been down that way, but I would consider fishing the Independence Island reef. That’s where I caught them back in April or whenever I went. All diving birds.
Also consider launching from Myrtle Grove. It could get you there faster than Lafitte, but I’m not sure without measuring it.
Either way, great report, thanks for posting!
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Welcome to the site and thanks for starting your intro with a bang by posting a report. Those dock shots look legit! There’s some classic Louisiana inshore fishing going on there.
I love launching out of Mississippi. It’s just so much easier for someone living in Slidell than driving allll the way down to St. Bernard, having to pay $10 just to get yelled at then have to wind through allll that marsh just to get outside.
In Mississippi you’re just there. The public ramps are way better, too.
Great intro, thanks for posting!
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Bang! That’s some good fishing right there.
It’s very nice to hear the consistency in East Biloxi Marsh (EBM for those who are wondering). Running to Central Rig is quite the marathon from Pass Christian, but I think all the rigs towards that area are probably on fire.
I don’t have a good report to back that up, that’s just what I am guessing. Just a hunch, but your report that they’re further out supports that and totally makes sense to me.
Great report, thanks for sharing it.
And thank you for having faith in the new forum. I really appreciate that.
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Also, just an added note, y’all should bookmark this page instead: https://www.lafbelite.com/post-login-homepage/
It has a list of news, updates and latest posts, all in one spot. It’s where members are redirected after logging in.
That dashboard page is good for dashboard stuff, but doesn’t have obvious links to the forums and courses on it.
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That’s very interesting. Okay, so those tracks helped you break the ice and (just like a cold plunge) once you’re in, you’re good to go and run free.
So, that motivates me to keep cranking out the .KML files I’ve been posting in the General Discussion forum.
I have more actual tracks I could post, too. There’s an entire hard drive of 15 years of them and it’s my goal to get through them all and organize them.
It sure is nice having tracks from 2016 to go off of, even in places hit by hurricanes or by the river.
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Yeah, that’s the secret sauce: it’s all the same, with a few exceptions (like the River).
Once you understand that in your heart (because you can be told that and it still won’t make you feel warm and fuzzy lol I get it) then you can unlock new places.
The greatest example of this I found is actually in a book written by a 17th century, undefeated samurai named Musashi. Within everything there is the same Way.
Anyway.
Where is your boat slipped at?
I’d say for the fall is when you want to have it on a trailer. That’s the best/easiest time to crush the trout.
All that stuff you ran in this fishing report is probably going to be batsh*t crazy on fire come the white shrimp run.
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I think you would be playing with fire. That even makes me nervous.
What I would do if I were you is fish Black Bay. Stone Island, The Wreck and the rigs around there. Bay Fortuna could be good, too. But I would feel better fishing Black Bay.
It’s less of a run if you gotta haul ass. Being way out in Breton Sound puts you another 10-15 miles out, and a lot can happen in 10-15 miles.
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Cool! I could run into you if I ever launch out of there to fish redfish.
I don’t know if you saw it or not, but I posted a bunch of spots you really ought to try if you’re looking for redfish.
Find that post here at this link.
