Devin
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Yeah, let us see what you got.
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Thank you, kind sir!
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The Tip of the Spear returns and is ready once again to stab into the heart of the greatest inshore fishery on Planet Earth!
You really nailed everything I would consider or want to look at, but there are some details worth mentioning:
First, South Pass got new rocks. You can see that in this video at 2:53:00 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac1nBgwR5qk
There is no GED imagery to reflect the new rocks, but they are there. So I’m pretty sure the threat of underwater rocks at South Pass is done and over with.
“Can anyone confirm if the North Side of YCB does in fact have these deep canals other than the one marked WFL?”
I’m 99% positive those canals on the north side of YCB are good. Your pin is “Is this deep?” is deep enough to safely get down, but isn’t a “hole” fish would use. I haven’t been that way in a minute, but that’s what I recall and see reflected in GED. Navionics more or less reflects this as well.
Remember this post I made last year about Marine AIS. There are screenshots in that post that show the route the big boats use to get around that area.
Next, don’t forget the new land built by CPRA on the south end of CPRA.
After that, don’t forget the stumps in YCB that I went over at the end of the Natural Fishing Spots lesson in 101. Waypoints for these are also found inside the IF101 Student .KML file.
“I have some spots I just randomly picked out months ago as some spots to try down around East Bay,”
Literally the next thing I was thinking of. That canal paralleling SW Pass is good. That dog leg you have going to Cockler Point I do not know. It could be good. I’d monitor Marine AIS for that one because I think I recall seeing a crew boat go down it when I was out there on 12-17-24.
The mouth of Joseph Bayou is probably gonna be worth fishing. Also, IIRC, you know how to get from the mouth of Joseph Bayou through the sandbars to South Pass. You can also see the sandbar south of Joseph Bayou that’s been forming.
I think that East Bay could be good, it’s just a run to get there and the wind must cooperate. Otherwise, YCB is right there. If you wreck the fish in YCB or somewhere else that is close, then I would make the run to East Bay (the next day) to continue exploring, conditions permitting.
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Great report! Wish your daughter wanted to fish, but you know how kids are. lol
How do the rainbows taste? How are their fillets?
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I’m so sorry to hear this. It really breaks me heart. I do appreciate you taking time to report.
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It’s cloudy outside, not sure you’re gonna get a good image. GGTK on this one. If you see dead fish, I sure would appreciate some video. Thank you.
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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.
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Many did but they’ll manage. The trout are fecund, they can bounce back pretty easily, even more so if we lay off of them.
But the redfish, not as much. We really should have dropped the limit more.
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Enjoy it. Take it in and add it to your tacklebox of knowledge.
I’m not dogmatic when it comes to absorbing knowledge, I like to keep an open mind. With that said, I’ve read a lot of fishing books and, to be blunt, many of them are incomplete and surface-level. But Buck Perry’s works are profound. That he was able to travel the nation and put fish in the boat further stakes his claim toward legitimacy.
Many, and I mean most, inshore anglers simply fish one area they are comfortable with then take to social media and profess their expertise. But if they really knew what they were doing, they’d be able to replicate their success across basins and have years worth of fishing reports and pictures to back it up. Rarely do they.
Buck Perry is an OG.
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Thank you, kind sir.
