Devin
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Most excellent fishing trip planning. Thank you for providing details and something for us to work with.
I am writing right now and will be for the rest of the day, but will make time later to come back and give this my full thought.
Again, thank you. This is dynamite stuff.
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What did you friends say? They had to have said something about the move to the Castle and the day in general. I’m sure they loved it.
Martello was a great play. I wonder if more boats were there in the morning, struck out, then went home. I think you really nailed it, just have those HDS rigs ready to go. That sure does make life a lot easier.
Y’all did great. Excellent report. I loved the big reveal. lol Thank you so much for posting this and I hope you’re able to get out there again soon.
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“Bounced around to about 5 different places and had action on every one, putting 2 or 3 in the box each spot and throwing back 3 times as many”
Sounds like Wednesday for me. Good to see the consistency. I am guessing the tide wasn’t falling and you got on a morning bite, so I bet the afternoon was even better. Which is great.
“My buddy had live but I did just as good with plastic”
The bait is already in the water. I’m not being critical, I’m just pointing out that someone took that bait out of the water (probably not far from where you were fishing), sold it to your buddy who then gave it a boat ride back to where it came from. As you saw, the fish just as readily bit plastic. It’s the same thing minus the hassle and cost. Just an observation.
“Caught some big white trouts.”
There have been some nice whites out there! Very good to hear about more of them. Most excellent.
“I had a nice box with variety: specs, white trout, redfish, flounder, and I kept two huge crabs.”
That’s a great day on the water. Glad to hear it, and I think you will only end up catching more and more as the water temperature drops.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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That’s a good question and I’m glad you’ve taken time to post it.
My understanding is that Garmin units take a .gpx file.
So you will have to save your waypoints/tracks as a .kml file (as outlined inside 101) then convert that to a .gpx file using GPS Babel or GPS Visualizer (instead of .usr, as outlined in 101), put that on an SD card, insert inside your Garmin and then (I assume) you will be prompted as to whether or not you want to upload the .gpx file.
That’s what I figure off the top of my head. I am hoping someone who actually has a Garmin can chime in with their personal experience.
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Great report, thanks for posting!
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When did you turn in? I wouldn’t expect to find good bird action until the tide has been ripping out for awhile. For today, that would be the afternoon. Same for tomorrow. I’d fish for reds first then look for trout.
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Are you just asking where to go or do you have a plan besides three generic spots the something in Lake Borgne after that? What are you going to do in Lake Borgne?
I’ll tell you what I would do: launch the boat at noon and fish to sundown. Given what I saw last year, and that the wind will lay down, I’d run from Rigolets to Shell Beach looking for diving birds.
Or get started in the morning and ride from Rigolets to Manchac and back looking for diving birds.
What most people will do: launch at sunrise, get flustered because fish aren’t biting as well because it’s autumn and the tide isn’t falling first thing in the morning.
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“along with a ribbonfish (not something you see everyday)”
We used to see them pretty regularly!! Perhaps it’s a sign that things are going back to the way they were.
“planning to fish the mouth at Lake Eugenie, but we had two to three-foot waves inside the bayou and eventually realized the mouth would be almost unfishable,”
Too bad, because that’s a great spot for a falling tide. Next time.
“but the best fish we caught were sitting deep at the Rock Dam. That’s a bit puzzling to me”
It’s a giant reef that’s probably come alive with the Saltening and more croakers and pinfish. The only problem with it is that it’s hammered all the time. But, as you saw, if you can get in there with presentations that fish usually don’t see (like your jigging) then you will catch fish most people miss. The south side probably could’ve been productive, too.
It was certainly a tough day to fish. Wind like that doesn’t help. But now you have a handle on what’s out there and with the cooler weather maybe your next trip will be more productive. I’m going tomorrow and would love to go that way to build upon your report because it’s a good one. But alas, my buddy wants to take his boat and it’s slipped in Delacroix. So we will figure it out over there.
Great report, thank you for posting!
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NE wind east of the river tends to raise water levels, but west of the river drops them. Full explanation here: https://www.lafbelite.com/lesson/if101-2-3/
If water is high, redfish will just go up the “stairs”, but there will be more real estate to find them in. I’d rather have lower water, but that comes with the caveat of navigability. Full explanation here: https://www.lafishblog.com/redfish-jubilee/
“It’s just the way I like to fish”
Perfectly understandable.
“so was curious about how much water may be blown out on that side, but ill figure it out once I get there.”
By the time the wind quits blowing so hard out of the northeast, the water would have returned to normal levels. It will most likely fall out on Friday and be at predicted levels by Saturday at the latest.
Looking at Geosphere, it appears that Yellow Cotton Bay is clearest now, with West Bay, Bay Adams and Bay Lanaux after that. The river at Venice and down to SW Pass looks good, but looks dirtier further north by Baton Rouge, and that could come down the pipe. Hopefully not.
If you do fish the river and use a trolling motor with spot lock, be sure that it’s connections are all squeaky clean and ready for amps, because the river will test it.
Something else to keep in mind: the marsh outside of the Venice area tends to have a softer, more forgiving bottom. The bottoms around Venice and anywhere influenced by the river are hard. Very easy to get stuck.
If you see terns diving, it’s probably bull reds underneath them. Same for gulls.
Good luck out there!
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It’s coming, Boyce. It’s gonna take off. Good to see you that you still brought some home anyway.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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If the tide was falling you woulda whacked ’em. I’m sure it’s only better now that the tide has some range to it. Thank you for posting a report anyway. I’ll be out that way on Wednesday in a friend’s boat and will let y’all know how we do.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Wow, what a transformation in a boat!
I understand you’re leaning toward something else, but I’m a huge fan of “less is more”. BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand
I think the kayakers might be on to something…
Anyway, you’re welcome and thank you for posting an intro and welcome to the Community. Fall fishing is here and will only get better, so there’s no need for a big boat right now.
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Sorry, just saw this! In short, I fish the entire thing if it is new to me. This time of year, you want to be fishing falling tide for the white shrimp.
Full explanations:
https://www.lafbelite.com/lesson/if101-5-1/
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+1!
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Welcome to the Community, Bunny. Thanks for introing yourself. The fishing is heating up right now and will only get better, so now is a good time to apply what you’ve learned in 101 and kick ass. Be sure to use this resource to your advantage!
