Devin
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Hey Brian, thanks for saying hi!
The Cove at Cypremort Point could be good right about now. If you’ve seen the planning videos in 101 I go into detail on Cypremort Point, Marsh Island, Tiger Shoals, etc. and you will want to look at that.
After that, trailering to Houma (Dulac, Dularge) may not be a bad idea.
Welcome to LAFB Elite!
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Where would you keep it? Garage? Boat slip?
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Is that clicker denoting 54 keeper speckled trout?
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Next thing: everyone is an “expert” or talking fast into the camera, or you’re “joining them on their journey” or whatever and I personally think all of that is beat to death and tired.
If I were you, I would consider just filming a silent fishing trip. Don’t talk as much as you can. People want to hear the wind blow, hear the splash, hear the rattles, etc. So give it to them. Plus, it will be super easy to edit and you should make those videos long, like hours long. No music. No copyright worries or any of that. You will be able to upload much faster and you can get back to other things that need doing.
Mine aren’t edited like that because they’re commercials. But if I was doing strictly for the art, that’s what I would do. Don’t sit there and talk about your favorite color. Nobody cares. Don’t talk and let the viewer live vicariously through you. That content will bang. I am confident of it.
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Oh, I love this. Great idea.
Okay, well what’s the point? Why upload to YouTube? It’s a lot of work and you’re nuking your anonymity. That toothpaste doesn’t go back in the tube.
If you’re looking for feedback, then what are you trying to improve?
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Finally, I’ve been waiting forever for someone to post a report like this.
Yeah, try Treasure Isle next time. Go there. More tidal highway, more bait, more fish. The best night of catching redfish ever in my life was at Treasure Isle on a falling tide at night, with shrimp jumping and going nuts and the redfish going just as crazy. It was me, the owner of Cajun Lures and his friend, and IIRC we caught something like 40+ redfish. It was insane.
If you do go Treasure Isle, be sure your trolling motor is good to go because it can be ripping pretty good. If the tide is ripping too hard there (you will know) that is when I hit Lake Catherine or Olimpic Beach and find success there.
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Based off what’s happened over the last three falls, I would forego catching fish in Shell Beach and go to Venice and start learning how to get around it. I’d figure out how to get to 1st Spillway across Zin Zin. That’s a great route to have. Then I’d fish the rocks in the river for redfish. At the bare minimum, go to Empire, launch at Delta Marina and lock out into the river there. No tide, no problem. The river is always moving. I’d look hard at the rocks you see on 10-9-22 imagery on GED just across from and downstream of Empire. The rocks themselves and the points they form can be great for redfish. And you will be protected from the forecast wind.
Or you can go to Shell Beach on a neap tide with 82 degree water and catch 11″ throwbacks or maybe find some redfish that haven’t had an arrow put through them yet by the umpteen bowfishing charters that launch out of there now. Then you can continue to do that through the entire fall while everyone else rapes the living daylights out of the fish down in the River. Even if the Shell Beach area turns on, then so will the rest of Chalmette and they will be there to pressure those fish. And even if the fishing in Shell Beach is amazing this year (fingers crossed that it is) you already know where to go there and the fishing will still be 10x better in the River.
It’s your call.
But if I were you, I’d start piddling around the River and learning that. Be warned, it will ruin you. lol Just ask @Boyce
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Yeah, I think that with this cold front we will see the fall pattern progress more and more. Don’t give up on Harvey Cut yet, it may yet have to turn on.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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10 keepers given the conditions then is great. I’d be happy with that. Plenty of dinner.
Now it’s cooled off and once this wind settles things ought to be moving along for an excellent fall season.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“One thing I did notice was that both times I have been there (this past June and this past Sunday), the same Shrimp Boat has been parked off near the shoreline in Red Pass, boat running, a crew aboard, but just sitting there doing nothing.”
That’s common to see. That’s probably where they chill before they head out, if they were there in June anyway. But maybe they’re pushing white shrimp somewhere closer, now that it is that time of year. I’m not sure if whites are open or not yet.
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Here’s where High Line Pond is:
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“Just because” is a great reason. Just have fun doing it. That works and is a great reason to do near anything.
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Ah dang. Well, slips save a lot of time and money, so I hear that.
Well, do this: go fish the bayous draining into Lakes Robin/Coquille first thing in the morning. You may have some shrimp and trout there. There will be throwbacks, something like 10 to 1 keeper ratio. Then, after the morning bite dies, beat feet to wherever you catch redfish. I’d fish the big points.
It may not be a bad day to camp out on the south side of the Rock Dam, either, if that’s your style.
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I’d take a closer look next time I was there. That could be the spot.
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Yeah, that would be wonderful. It’d be great to just make my old milk run and have the fish just friggin’ be there, instead of last year and the year before that.
