Devin
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Ugh, well the NOAA Marine Forecast updated to say this:
“FRIDAY
East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves
3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers,
mainly in the morning.”I’m going anyway but will remain protected to the best of my abilities.
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Because the water on the east side of Bayou Biloxi and the surrounding marsh moves first, I will make my way up to fish spots that are protected and semi-protected from the wind that will be good for a white shrimp pattern. Then I’ll run down the middle of the marsh to try some spots in Bayou Biloxi itself then jump into Lake Borgne using one of two shortcuts that I plotted out and hit some bayous draining into Lake Borgne. I’ll be in the lee of the land the whole way back and then hit the Rock Dam at the end.
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Yeah guys, this may be the way to engage here on the Community using a smart phone. The developers I hired aren’t pulling through on what I thought would be a 30 day project. It’s been a giant money and time suck for me and I am about *this close* to saying “screw it” and giving up.
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bumping this to the top so folks know since Airplane Bay came up in a recent report
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This is a great report. It’s good to see the consistency. I’ll have to get down there, but for now I’m just going to stick with the plan I made. Great report, thanks for posting!
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Well, that’s interesting. I’m going tomorrow and planned on Bayou Biloxi and the Rock Dam but now you have me thinking I need to pick out a buncha spots in Lafitte and give that a whack.
Great report! It sounds like that side of the river is doing great!
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and this one
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“Launched at Falgout Marina around 5:10am and idled down the canal”
I love that early start!
“We might’ve done better staying in Decade / Lost Lake all day and not running so far out. But now we know. Still a good day.”
I’d say y’all had a good day and now know where to go (and where not to go).
I dunno if you’ve seen it or not, but I have a planning file for Dulac for pretty much the same conditions you fished. It’s inside 101, but a screenshot is attached.
Or maybe just grinding Decade is a good choice next time you go. It’s still awfully warm, but it wouldn’t shock me if they were in there already.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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First off, thank you for not dropping this the night before. lol
Second, everyone reading this should recall that ebfulch will be in a kayak, just to clear up any confusion.
“10+mph east wind”
What forecast are you using? It’s gonna blow way harder than that. Windfinder and NOAA Marine Forecast are good tools for marine wind predictions.
“Do you approach it like any other weekend, just observing the conditions and acting accordingly?”
Yes, do that, just understand that conditions could change and you will need to change, too.
If I were you, I’d go to Seabrook and fish that with a Heavy Drop Shot. You will be protected from that east wind, but there will be boats there to contend with.
Or go to the Rock Dam and sit there all day. Or go across Bayou La Loutre from Hopedale Marina into the Spoil Canal and go down that first canal on your right. Fish at the end of that. That’s a great fall spot I used to fish but since kayaking has grown in popularity I avoid it. All the ponds, bayous, trenasses, etc. connecting into that are good to fish, too. Plus you will be protected from that east wind.
Geoghegan Canal out of Rigolet’s Marina is another good bet. It’s closer and protected from east wind, but as warm as it is I don’t know how many fish will be in there.
The backside of Delacroix behind Sweetwater will probably be great to fish. You’ll have a little protection and the east wind will have the water levels up.
Or just do what you planned before.
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After looking at the Shell Beach buoy it appears you spent most of the morning fishing a slack tide in 20mph wind. You were basically in a boxing match against Tyson with both hands tied behind your back.
“I also want to pick his brain about trophy trout returning to the pontchartrain estuary now that we are a few years removed from the freshening.”
I would LOVE to know what he thinks.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Ha ha ha!! Welcome to the community. Glad to have you here.
I’ve heard that hunting translates/cross trains with fishing pretty well. I remember KVD making some comparisons, though I can’t recall them at the moment. I also think bass fishing is a great universal learning machine for pretty much all types of fishing. Highly recommended. I’m sure you get it.
Thanks for posting an intro, and hopefully we see a report or two in the future!
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That’s a lot of fish!!
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Yes, indeed! I am glad you can see that light. I’ve only tagged about 1,500 fish and real OG’s like Charlie Bush have tagged thousands more. I think it was something like 10,000. Anyway, I would keep those fish with me in the boat for awhile and they were fine. I put out a lot of video of it in 2016-2017 but people have memory like a goldfish. lol Catch and release is fine. The biggest proof in the pudding for me is when the people against conservation started using this talking point when they never had in the years before.
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lmao
Yeah, I can kiss that A-rig goodbye if the worst happens. I’m alright with that, it will be epic. It’s just sitting in the garage not doing anything anyway lol
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Ahhh, I should have known that those gates would be close. Darn. Well, shoot, that makes your trip to Dularge even more successful!!!
