Devin
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That’s another good day of fishing. Yeah, it’s nice to stack the days up like that, helps one get a good idea as to what’s out there. I’ll probably be out there later today or tomorrow. I’ll post a report when I do.
Great report, thanks for posting it!
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What I love about this report is that you built off the previous day’s TOW. And you didn’t go back to the friggin’ Trestles! Man, people love pounding that square peg into a round hole. Good on you. It makes me wonder how Martello would be doing on a falling tide.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Sounds about right. The cold snap moved the fish. Maybe to Salt Bayou, Lakeshore Estates or Geoghegan (check my most recent report). What I love about your report is that you just went anyway and let us know about it. Yeah, some days are tough and learning that by putting in TOW is how. Great report, thanks for posting it.
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Well, if you want to put in your time to learn Hopedale for the sake of it, then Saturday will be doable. Windy but doable. Stump Lagoon could be good to drift, and the deep holes in Bayou Biloxi could be good, too. Muscle Bay and Pete’s could be worth drifting.
But, in years past, Biloxi Marsh has not held a candle to Delacroix and I don’t think it is right now. I think you’d be set to fish bays like Bay Jack Nevette and Pointe Fienne off of Oak River. Your biggest challenge will be safely navigating down there, but if you made routes and posted them here, we can check them for you.
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As for me, I’m not sure, but I think 22″? I haven’t caught a bunch of legit hammers since 2013 or so, I think. That was a day in Breton Sound. Great day. I know they’re down in Venice and that’s why I’ve been putting in my time there.
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“3: nothing is water proof.”
I was disappointed to learn that a high-end boat I always wanted got water in its storage compartment like my Tracker does. Yeah, I’ll just keep the Tracker. lol
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“I feel like I do more repairing/maintaining than I do fishing. And that’s on a 2020 boat, I can only imagine on an older boat.”
Sounds completely normal to me. LOL I just try to get it done before this time of year.
This week I had a couple reels shit the bed, a GoPro media mod gone, drop shot bag flew out the boat, replaced a couple trailer bunk braces, the rubber that holds the bow on the trailer fell off, house battery charges weird (will probably leave me stranded in Venice), trolling motor isn’t thrusting as hard as it used to (so is it batteries, wiring or trolling motor?) and a slew of other things that really just seem like an endless treadmill of sh*t being tossed onto my plate. But when I feel that trout bite, it’s all worth it.
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Try it out. Can you weigh it?
I wouldn’t use it for long casts, but it could be great for something requiring shorter casts like the Trestles.
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It’s also worth noting that there were a few throwbacks, like literally 3 or 5.
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“You never know as I didn’t have binos (weirdo) or talk to anybody but didn’t seem like enough to stick around for me that day.”
I’m sure you intuitively discerned that they weren’t catching. If they’re sitting down or look bored, they are not catching. lol
In the realm of bass fishing, they call fisherman who fish stuff they can see “bank beaters”. A lot of the best fishing is done “offshore”, not meaning blue water fishing, but fishing structure in open water. A bass angler who can’t do this cannot possibly expect to be competitive. Well, that edge certainly cuts in the realm of inshore fishing.
I’ll tell you that, when I am fishing, I am visualizing the structure of the water around me. Sonar goes a long way to aid in this, but so does understanding the structure of different bodies of water: I’m not going to expect a flat in the middle of a pass. Looking at depth charts helps, too.
Quick note: structure is how a body of water is shaped. It is not bridge pilings, oysters or timber. Those are cover, or items on structure.
The best way I can describe this visualization is how an airplane pilot sees the land beneath him. The water isn’t there, and he can see the contours and shape of the ground. Well, in our case, the water blocks our vision, so we rely on mentally visualizing where the bottom structure is. This may seem alien or difficult, but consider that you already do this when driving your truck/car: even though you are not looking directly at other vehicles in traffic, you can “sense” where they are by using your mirrors and remembering/visualizing their location in relation to you so you don’t hit them. Same thing with walking through a crowd of people or finding what you need at the store.
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Well, then feast your eyes, because the pattern I fished yesterday was already filmed and uploaded 3.5 years ago. lol
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great advice
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General areas are fine and encouraged. I don’t mind mentioning known holes that turn on every year, but I am 100% on board with giving the folks the tools they need to succeed and the room to do so. I don’t like holding hands, and you shouldn’t have to, either.
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You’re welcome! I can’t wait to get back out there.
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If all I did was fish one area, I would totally have a slip and save a good deal of money in fuel, wear and tear on the truck and trailer, launch fees, so on and so forth. I had one in Shell Beach years ago and it was nice. But I trailer to different places, so it’s a no go.
