Devin
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On my Humminbird Helix I save the day’s tracks at the end of each fishing trip. They are automatically saved by date. This way I can keep track of what’s what, export them, turn them off, make them visible, change their color so they are discernable from other tracks. I also export them for safekeeping on my desktop.
Avoid the black spaghetti on your GPS screen.
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“Water temp 73 degrees”
Goodness gracious, that is warm.
“I know its entirely too early for that.”
It may not be. 73 is warm.
Is drifting Lake Decade not in the cards? I can see why you would want to go past it, I’m just curious if Decade has completely dried up or not.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Welcome to the Community!
As you already know, the Trestles are producing. Problem is, everyone else is out there fishing it.
I would look hard at fishing rigs in Lake Borgne, and even crossing to Biloxi Marsh on days the wind allows. There will be throwbacks, but something in my bones tells me that it’s worth looking at. If I can get out there I will post a report.
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Good report. Don’t let the tough conditions get you down, just get back out there when you can. I dunno how high the Atch river is right now, but I’m sure once it goes down that area is going to have a helluva spring. I’m hoping so anyway.
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Hey Matthew, it’s good to have you here. Completely unnecessary for you to post an intro as you’ve been a long time member/poster in Elite, but I’m glad you did anyway.
As you can see, this forum is hopping just as well (probably more so) as the FB group did, and for that I’m eternally thankful for the members who have made it possible. Too many to list here.
The fishing is heating up and I think we’ve got an early spring on our hands. Hopefully despite the freeze it will be a great spring!
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I know you’re already out there, but “yes” that route is good.
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Yeah, that’s a Violet Goby. They get that size and bigger. A preferred forage for fish, especially when the shrimp run out and it gets cold.
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Great report and thank you for posting it!
It’s definitely warmed up ahead of schedule, so I need to get the boats squared away and start looking for fish afar again. Can’t wait!
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Excellent fishing trip and great report! Thank you for posting!
That’s a lot of good eating right there!
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Sometimes the fish are just gonna be where they are gonna be, and it could be the case that they were on the north side of the tracks and that’s all there is to it.
But, in my experience, with the wind blowing like that, I would go to the south side of the tracks and launch. There’s a couple places you can do that with your kayak, with the southern base of the Hwy 11 bridge being one such spot. Next time, go there and fish in the lee of the land. Your life will be a lot easier.
Next: yeah, you could’ve “lost” the school as you couldn’t get back in the water quick enough. That’s possible. But also given the nature of the Trestles, it’s likely the fish were just spread out and all you could do was go back to making casts at pilings. This will require you to move.
Since you revealed that fish were off the pilings, I would consider trolling, especially given the equipment you have.
For me, trolling in my bass boat is hard because it idles too fast, but your kayak will probably be spot on. There’s tons of videos on how to do this: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trolling+trestles
These are worth looking at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nwE2xGDXjI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eCI_zXX9wc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8NvvOvtqwM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gatdOPpJzDc
Gus’s Tackle in Slidell sells short rods for trolling rigs as well as all the tackle described in the videos. The short rods, lead line, etc. are nice to have but not necessary.
I personally do not troll, but it works well. Sometimes it works best.
“Maybe I would have caught more had I been more efficient?”
Perhaps.
“Maybe the bite would have turned off anyway?”
Maybe. Or perhaps not that the bite turned off, but that trout swam off and you had to go find them all over again. Or maybe you vacuumed up the three that were there and you still would have had to find more or wait for more to swim into where you were casting. I do not know for sure.
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Exactly. And the YT video that recently posted (out of Beshel’s) never would’ve happened if I didn’t take the risk of striking out to find new fish. The grind is worth it!
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Amen. Thats the truth. Well said.
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A lighter jighead is easier to get unstuck. It doesn’t stay pinned so easily.
Yes, fishing with slack line helps get those presentations in a much shorter runway and allows for lighter sinking weight, if necessary.
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I bet it’s Karl Rockvoan. LOL It just popped in my head. Haven’t thought of that guy in forever. Yeah, he was always an a-hole to me. I have no idea why. It could be because years ago I politely asked that he post something better than a bragging report inside LAFB Inshore. If he wanted to copy/paste the same brag report in other groups, that was fine but (as I am sure you recall) I was trying to get people to post something more meaningful than wanting a pat on the back from strangers on the Internet. lol
It is what it is. I hope he has a long healthy life, catches a lot of fish, sees the point in my message and comes around eventually.
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That’s my dad right there.
