Devin
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“Figured a falling tide would have shrimp running but never saw them”
Surely they’re running by now!
“Finally ducked into some ponds off mud lake and found some clean water thanks to some wigeon grass!”
Aquatic grass is so blessed. The best, clearest water I’ve ever fished is where there’s a ton of it and, no surprise, within a few hundred years of the Mississippi River.
So was that your first time catching reds on a fly? That’s pretty rad.
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You should definitely have a dedicated GPS first. Too much can go wrong with a phone. After that, a danforth anchor and cajun anchor pretty much never break. So you’re good there. But a spot lock trolling motor is going to break and p*ss you off. They all do, it’s just a matter of time.
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The water will definitely not be moving too fast. The Heavy Drop Shot conquers all!
I think you stand to get on ’em, but they could be scattered. Drifting Amedee, Petain with a cork, or jigging the mouth of Bayou Robin could be good. Bayou Lingeo could be good, too. Cork works better there since it’s shallower. Southeast corner of 4 Horse, too. You should see diving birds.
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I’m bumping this back to the top because I am shocked no one has said anything about this, especially Dulac with all the northeast wind that’s predicted.
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Yep! It’s right here.
FWIW, I haven’t kept up on those discount codes. They may or may not work. I have no idea. They’re really not a core offering of LAFB Elite because it is tiring keeping up with all these companies and whatever mood their owners are in. I’d rather spend that time writing, developing the app, building out this site, etc.
After that, I have an email address: devin at lafishblog dot com
But I’m glad you posted it here so others could see it. Thank you.
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Do you already have a GPS on the boat?
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Sometimes yes, sometimes no. What kind of grass? Like the tape grass in Lake Pontchartrain or milfoil in the marsh?
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OR….what I would do is:
Greet everyone you’re fishing with at the dock with a 24oz Red Bull in each hand, smash them together, dump the fluid into your open mouth and give them this brief: STFU AND HANG ON
Literally their only job is not fly out the boat.
Then haul ass out of Doulut’s, if there are birds going crazy, great then fish them. If not, resist the urge and KEEP GOING. Then haul balls to Bayou Sue and go STRAIGHT to that 90 degree bend just before #8 and look at your sonar. If you see bait balls give it three casts. If you don’t see bait balls then LEAVE. If you do cast and don’t land three 15″ slobs in a row then LEAVE and make that outboard scream for it’s life for #10. Again, if there isn’t magic right away LEAVE THAT GARBAGE.
Help those kids get their rods put away fast.
Unless there is a friggin’ mermaid at spots 11-14 with a neon sign pointing at a limit of non-throwback hammer trout KEEP GOING to 15 before some troglodyte gets there or the tide peeters out on that end of the marsh.
If the world of inshore fishing is not absolutely on freakin fire at 15 then I’d reiterate (loudly) my “STFU AND HANG ON” policy and try to blow up my motor getting to 16. Like, if somebody was slow reeling in their cork the they would be reeling it in through the boat’s wake as we broke the sound barrier for 16.
Then I would work my way back down through Bayou Biloxi, Muscle Bay, Stump, down to St. Malo and fish those cuts into Magnolia Lagoon and try Jahncke’s Ditch, which will be protected from the wind.
Honestly, given the conditions, I think the day will be made at 15, 16 and maybe 21.
Don’t waste time dicking around with BS throwbacks, croakers, pinfish, “omg my bait flew off” or any of that other crap. Not on a day like that. I know that wind is gonna blow but a 2.3ft falling tide in MS Sound is gonna suck those shrimp out. I’ll be shocked if you don’t smash them.
So yeah, that’s what I would do.
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Yeah, so this is pretty much a copy/paste Devin fall trip to the Biloxi Marsh. LOL Great minds think alike.
It looks like the wind is gonna blow out of the E/NE for awhile before the day of your trip. Water will be up, but it WILL fall with a 2ft tide range. Not as much if that wind weren’t blowing, but it will. So you have that going for you.
After that, I wouldn’t fish Shell Beach area right away. With high tide at 3:30am you may have some falling water first thing in the morning, but it won’t be falling hard. Even if it is, it wouldn’t have been falling as the other side of the marsh toward Lake Eugenie would be.
I would haul ass straight for that bayou at the bottom of the Lakes of Bayou Marron (#16), because high tide over there is closer to a full three hours ahead. Then I would fish that hard 90-degree bend in Bayou Biloxi, as well as your 21, and anywhere I see a buttload of diving birds. I would fish the north shoreline of Muscle Bay (your 22 and 23 are great) and Stump Lagoon. The mouth of Crooked Bayou going into Eugenie will probably be getting rocked by that wind but don’t be surprised if birds, shrimp and fish are there anyway.
Then I’d work my way back and hit those spots you have along St. Malo.
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If that tide was falling you would’ve crushed them. No doubt in my mind. The effort and skill was there, the conditions were not. That’s fishing unfortunately. Next time you’ll wreck ’em.
For now, great report and thank you for posting it!
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I’m glad you were able to catch and had fun. I hope you enjoyed your time in Louisiana and make time to travel back, and thank you for making the trip in the first place.
Is there anything of note you saw out on the water that’s worth reporting here? I’m thinking mostly of hazards to navigation, new shoals or land from the river, dredge operations, etc.
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That’s badass! I also have a fly rod (no idea on the weight), but I’ve used it mostly for dickering around with blue gill in a pond. It’s fun. I could not imagine catching a big slot red on it. LOL
Glad you had a good trip!
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I cook my own chicken, trust me, I know. $30 goes a long way. LOL I’m glad it worked out for you and glad you asked!
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Sounds like turtle grass.
I wouldn’t go weedless for that. I just clear the hooks and keep them exposed for better hookups. Usually I am throwing something that suspends and mostly stays out of it. If it’s that thick and I can’t get a bait into it, I will consider topwater.
I wonder if you’re too heavy and dragging through it.
When sightfishing redfish I will use a Texas Rig to stay weedless and pull the craw through thick grass without getting hung up.
Eye Strike does make some weedless jigheads that are nice to use. Or just Texas Rig a swimbait.
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+1 on #9 there, it could be protected nice and pretty from that wind
