Devin
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Man, I’ve fished those spots before and never really whacked ’em there. But that’s the thing, one really has to fish them over a period of time to give them their due. If I get time today I’ll fish them.
We got back late last night from Christmas festivities and if we get out at all today then it will be a late start. I’ll keep y’all posted.
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Excellent report of mean speckled trout! lol Hopefully I’ll be able to get down there this week.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Yeah, you can get down that canal. You’ll just have to ensure the draw bridge comes up. IIRC, hail them on Ch 13. I don’t remember the number off the top of my head, if you were to call. Otherwise, that canal is fine. I suggest checking GED over relying on Navionics alone.
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“I ended up catching a limit of keepers, tagged and released 8 that were over 18”. With 5 or 6 of those being 20”+, one was probably the largest I’ve caught since this time last year @ 23”. And kept 7 smaller fish for dinner.”
That is a great day of fishing right there.
“These fish are too important to ‘release in grease ‘.”
Agreed. I hate that people treat the marsh like a grocery store. You are 100% correct. The fishing is coming back, too. But that area is still in the heart of the Great NOLA Area and gets pounded by everyone and their mom. That’s one reason I move out to other places, because there’s just that much less boating/fishing pressure and that really does make the difference. Even getting down to the river by Pointe a la Hache makes all the difference, there’s a lot of trout down there (I think there’s just more) and they don’t see things like jigs and jerkbaits very often, everybody fishing down there is throwing a cork.
If you like the Pac Man style of fishing, the river is where it’s at. Lots of rocks down there beginning from Mardi Gras Pass all the way to Southwest Pass.
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That one fish knocking on 21″ is a freakin’ football!! Unreal! What a fat trout!!
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Just keeping this thread going: I ran over my drift sock yesterday *facepalm*
whoopsies
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Hey Jamie, great to have you! I always wondered what the beach bite in Grand Isle would be like when the wind is honking out of the north. Or even when it’s calm, there has to be something at the Fourchon Barges, Timbalier Island rocks and Belle Pass. There must be. Or just run north to wherever @WestbankJosh is fishing. lol That man cannot be stopped.
I’m sure the marsh west of GI is worth looking at, but one time I went running back there and gates and “no trespassing” signs where everywhere. That was the Harrison Judgment Area IIRC. We know fish stack up on Hwy 1, so I’d look for how they get there then kablammer them with a boat.
Of course, the Sulphur Mine is good, but that would be a wee bit of a run. Do you keep your boat on a slip or trailer? Maybe towing to Bayou Blue Marina off 24 could be good. Big Bayou Blue probably kicks ass right about now.
But one place that I think could hold some serious hammer speckled trout is the Flotation Canal in Port Fourchon, especially after a strong cold front blows through. You would be a hero if you found them in there. No one told me to fish there, I’m just eyeballing it off what I know and how to fish the conditions. A look at Navionics might reveal more.
Either way, thank you for introducing yourself and I hope to see some reports. Do not hesitate to ask for any kind of help planning your next fishing trip.
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Yeah, I got in the water for about 11:15am. I posted a report. There’s some promise out there, but I’ll be going to Dularge and Venice for the next couple days.
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Fish bends in bayous like you do for trout. Somehow they end up there. After that, I find them up against the rocks in the Mississippi River, jigging with a half ounce jighead.
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Well, you’re dealing with a yokel on Facebook, so take that intel with a grain of salt. I haven’t heard anything from Chas that most of the trout they’re catching are over 20″. Absolutely not. But I’d like to see it return to where there are more of that class of fish. That would be great.
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I think that’s a safe assumption, but the water temp was still 57-59. It wasn’t “that cold”. I got out there for lunch time because I had to drop off my kids at school. Otherwise I would have fished the morning. They definitely bit better when the sun got low in the sky in the afternoon.
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I look forward to seeing the reports where guides can’t fill out their limits because they have to throw back so many 20″ fish. I promise that is coming, especially during summer in Breton Sound. Back in the day, many of our speckled trout were over 20″ and we kept boxes of them. It was just normal. A 20″ fish was nice and always a joy to see, but nowhere as rare as they are now. I hope we hit that threshold and just have so many fat fish to catch (and release).
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Our fish are so much fatter compared to Florida and Texas fish. That’s not a pissing match, they just really are fatter. There’s a lot more here for them to eat, especially down by the river. Which is great, because they need all the good they can get to grow and reproduce. The more fish that cross the 20″ mark are that many more fish that cannot be kept as often as the slot fish. Grow, grow, grow!!
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Do you have pictures of that?
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You’re right, it’s not a secret, but we both know the “fair weather fishermen” wait for someone to hold their hand, pat them on the head and show them exactly where to go. Now the additional fishing pressure comes out. Very few are going to do what you’ve done, which is just get out there and fish without the hand-holding.
