Devin
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Yeah, the tension adjustment knob is definitely missing. It appears that is the only part missing. Poor reel was probably packaged on a Friday. lol
Nice reel, though!
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BTW, you have two #13 spots. The one I referred to is just north of 12.
Your other 13 spot looks good for redfish.
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Man, it’s gonna be overcast and it’s warmed up, decent tide, too. You stand a good chance to whack the trout. Redfish ought to be cruising.
Water levels are back up. Water temp at Bay Gardene is 58, 62 at Grand Isle. Geez.
I bet that cork bite before it got cold is back. You can try a Corky, 17MR, light jig, whatever.
For whatever reason your route is displaying as polygon inside GED. Reducing opacity to 50% reveals the route much better.
Have you ran this route before? I assume you’re good running through No Man’s Land?
Have you ran from 14 to 15? Looks sketchy.
Spots like 12 and 13 I like because there’s some shallow there for the fish to get onto. Spots like 22 I would give very little time (or skip) because I’m not sure fish will be there now that it’s warmed up significantly.
#3 is interesting. I wonder how deep it is there. That could be a great bottom stairs spot. It could be good right now.
I would definitely pay #8 a visit.
I think you’d be crazy not to hit those stumps by Bayou Grande.
I would cork the daylights out of Bay Lanaux. F it, just see attached pic.
Those flats could have trout then I’d get on the shoreline to sight fish reds. Or just cork the reds, too. lol
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I wrote an article about the fish kill, find it here: https://www.lafishblog.com/snow-fish-kill/
In it I ask some hard questions about Louisiana’s guide fleet and CCA.
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Yeah, let us see what you got.
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Thank you, kind sir!
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It blows my mind the number of people who still have CCA stickers on their truck, even after all the water access BS in 2018. I guess they just live under a rock and think they’re part of their “fishing tribe” by donning the sticker. Same for Salt Life stickers. Just….no.
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Go into the properties (right click on the polygon shape in the Places window, then reduce opacity to 50%. The outline of the polygon is the path.
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Just when the water rises too high, like during a strong east wind. This guide details more: https://www.lafishblog.com/bayou-bienvenue-locks/
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East Bay nudges up against a 100ft+ of clear, salty Gulf of America water. Yes, a ton of dirty river water is right there, but so is a ton of its opposite. This is what makes Venice so great to fish, and we don’t see the same fishery at the mouth of the Atchafalaya: there’s no deep Gulf water there. Outside the Atchafalaya the structure is relatively shallow and flat for miles and miles. It’s all blown out by river water.
“I am glad I posted this because I forgot about the stumps you mentioned, so definitely want to go back through that. AIS too.”
Yeah, this forum really shines when people use it. lol I know that sounds obvious, but so many folks just lurk and don’t post or make half-hearted attempts and don’t get much feedback as a result. Let your post here be an example to them.
“You told me about something at the end of SW Pass too.”
Yeah, the rocks down there could be good. Like way down at the end, on the inside, there are these jetties that stick out 90 degrees to the river and I pulled a nice speck off them last month. You can see that area in the latest video I put on YouTube (linked above) at 1:55:00
Also, I would consider figuring out cane stubble. The idea is that yards and yards of cane stubble can provide cover for bait and the trout/reds move in to take advantage. So, where is there roseau cane on GED that has disappeared over the years? Those spots could be worth looking at.
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Those are really fun to fish for in the Tennessee River, or anywhere really. Great eating fish. I have fond memories fishing reservoirs for them. Great sonar fish, too. But that’s also kind of a problem.
Back in December I found a tree standing up underwater in the Mississippi River and I’ll be damned if I didn’t see an amount of crappie holding in it. I was already pressed for time after a long day of fishing, and didn’t have the tackle for it, but made a few casts on a jig anyway. All I did was get snagged.
Who knows, perhaps it’s just another one of many secrets out there to be discovered.
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LDWF is, unfortunately and sadly, incredibly not pro-active at all. My guess is that they are missing that kind of leadership and/or are scared of being the object of public wrath.
Well, Texas has no qualms with shutting down what amounts to Jubilee spots, and North Carolina straight-up said no speckled trout harvest until June (which is ISIS-level radical lol).
But you get it. See how other states are being proactive?
During the multiple LWFC hearings regarding dropping the limits, we all got credentialism rubbed in our face, but how many PhD’s does one need to have to know that snow = freeze event = fish kill?
PhD ≠balls
I hate to sound like an ass, but I get like this whenever there’s an obvious void in leadership. Screw it, just let the fish get hammered on! It’s not like we didn’t go through a historic flood event from 2011-2020.
Hopefully Nature throws us a freebie and we have a spring/summer/fall so good we forget about this.
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Because they are. I’m surprised no one has reported dead pelicans after the blizzard.
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I’m alright with the Jubilee for several reasons and even think people who are disadvantaged, or kids, should partake to enjoy Louisiana’s fishery. Hell, if one has never been then I’ll be charitable and encourage that person to enjoy it and gain the experience. But what I don’t approve of are grown men whacking multiple limits with their drinking buddies, especially those with boats who otherwise have access to these fish the other 364 days of the year, and are equipped to catch them in a far sportier fashion.
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Yeah, fish kills happen. I’d say they’re part of the cycle that takes from the fish population. With that said, I’d take a gander that this one is exceptional, something like a 100-year flood, or something exceptional like the Freshening.
It’s out of our control but, like what Ty Hibbs says, the one factor we can control is the pressure we put on the fish while they are at their weakest and afterward. I really wish LDWF was more proactive about this. If it were up to me, I would’ve banned harvesting popular game species during and after the blizzard. Just a three to five day “nope, you can’t participate in the equivalent of spotlighting deer”. Mostly because of what we just got done with during 2011-2020.
