Devin
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That break in the island between 3 and 4 is worth looking at.
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If you have steal leader, bring it for spanish macks and blue fish.
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You’ll see them in the 1998 imagery.
The path you see below is in the IF101 Student .KML File, downloadable here. It marks the rocks and I’ve used it multiple times and it’s dead nuts on.
It’s titled “UW Rocks” in the folder “Timbalier Island Rocks”.
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There’s about 5-7ft of water over the topmost part of the rocks IIRC.
I know people tear up the trout there, I’ve never had a good trip, however. It’s always been sharks, bull reds, rays, blue fish, pretty much anything but a mess of trout. lol
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“I haven’t…created safe routes yet”
I could not think of a more important thing to do.
I know you already have tracks going from SW Pass thru Joseph Bayou thru the top of East Bay to South Pass because we ran that last year.
I would definitely compare/contrast those against GED because if you recall we ran over a sandbar. Might want to avoid that when going by yourself.
Don’t be tempted to just fish what they did. Fish the conditions. The one big factor you have there that nowhere else has is the deep, salty Gulf of America pushing up against the entire Venice area. So places that are right there against river water could be loaded with trout anyway. Think of the east side of the SW Pass jetty…
That’s your clue. Use that to put more fishing spots together.
After that, I’d be happy just to run East Bay and not rip off my lower unit. If that means going slow and burning time just to get the tracks, then I’d prioritize that over rushing to catch a bunch of fish and drifting into GOA with no way on.
After all, it almost happened to me just the other day.
Finally, what’s your plan to get help in the event you fck it up and lose your motor, get stuck or worse?
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So I guess the tide was falling by the time you were headed back? That evening bite is probably gonna be where it’s at. I think I mentioned that in a previous report based off what I saw in EBM in the afternoon.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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My SWAG is 30.259262 -90.005279
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Kicking this up to the top given @will-grand 5/24/25 report and that Breton Sound usually turns on when the river is falling and the area greens up.
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Yeah, there’s literally beached boats on GED imagery there lol
Just don’t be retarded and you’ll be okay.
Given your track record (good), I think you’ll be alright.
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Ahhhh you beat me to it.
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“I’m using this planning post as a float plan. If I don’t post a fishing report by Monday come look for me.”
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Okay, good to go on the VHF radio, that’s a start.
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Look at a depth chart for the area and you have 100ft-200ft of water right there. That’s not filled from top to bottom with river water. It’s Gulf of ‘Murica water.
Think of it like an exhaust pipe. If you put your face directly into the pipe then you are gonna breathe all that nasty exhaust. But if you stand off to the side (where there’s far more fresh air mixing in) you will only smell the exhaust and not be suffocated by it.
The Mississippi River is that exhaust pipe, the GOA is the rest of the open air around it.
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I can confirm that route, maybe just don’t come off plane until you’re past that sandbar. It gets like 2ft.
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“you can see them on the horizon as you enter Lake Borgne”
Bingo.
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I’d rather die cold and alone but have a shot at topwater trout. Good decision, @McLovin
