Devin
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And if you ever have any further questions, please post them here. I have a lot of experience with this sort of thing and already know what to do.
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I know a thing or two about this 🙂
A Hero 12 is a great choice. Get some extra batteries for it, a mount to put it on (maybe fix it to the center console). A media mod with a dead-cat windscreen would do wonders for audio.
During summer with no wind it can absolutely overheat. Total nightmare for professionals. One way to get around this is to get a white enclosure with heat fins or simply the shade the thing.
At least a 128GB SD card is recommended. I run 512GB in mine, and those run all day and don’t fill up, though on some trips I’ve come close.
You can use the GoPro app to pull the video off the camera and edit clips for your personal enjoyment.
Making fun fishing videos/clips is easy and simple with consumer-level tech. And keep it simple, don’t fall down the rabbit hole of direct attached storage, 5k, proxies, Apple Silicon, frame rates, composition, etc. or you probably won’t have time/money to fish.
And don’t forget to have fun! You’ll enjoy the video you shoot and edit for years to come.
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Finally! Been waiting for someone to do this! I was going to scream if I saw another Hopedale/EBM report. lol
(just kidding, everyone…..very thankful for everyone who takes time to post)
Man, and do the conditions look good. Genuinely jealous. You stand to really stomp the daylights out of the fish.
Well, I know you finished 101. So I’m wondering why you’re not including the 4 mile long accidental artificial reef? Might wanna peek inside the Student .kml for 101. Find it here.
“will be launching at Fourchon marina at 05:30”
I would make that 5am. Solstice was yesterday. If you’re too early or if it’s overcast you can just wait for 15 minutes. No big deal.
Also, don’t forget Belle Pass or Fourchon Barges.
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“My 2 friends swore they needed live shrimp”
Send them my videos and have them explain how I caught limits of speckled trout year-round across Louisiana’s coast without live shrimp.
After that, what lures were you throwing? I wish I knew more about your trip so I could give you better feedback.
How many spots total did you fish?
Was the water crap everywhere you went? Did you try fishing the backside of the dam at all?
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Oysters are harvested year round.
I cannot recall a time of year I have not seen oyster boats dredging in EBM.
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“The areas that were producing good redfish for me were full of grass now.”
That’s a good thing. I see that and get giddy. There’s gonna be a patch of clear water somewhere in there.
Did you try the canal on the south side of Lery? Not the ones leaving it but the one that runs against the shoreline?
Were you able to get into Bayou Duhe?
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I’m rooting for ya!
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I love it when people pick up what I put down. Yep, I meant those rocks.
Let’s kick it up a notch:
I suppose trout can be anywhere on them, but think about how trout use current breaks and you will figure it out by the time you’re done reading this sentence.
As for where to start: well, when you can figure that out let me know. LOL Any of those places can be good.
Given what you came up with, if you start out at Timbalier, then you’d be wasting time to run over to the barges, because all your spots are around Timbalier.
I have a hunch that the barges and east side of Belle Pass could have the cleanest water. If it were me, I’d get an early start to graph/fish the Barges, then hit Belle Pass, then end up at Timbalier.
Very important: I’d be ready to fish a jig (as light as 1/8 oz) up against and into the rocks. Trout will hide from sharks and dolphins there. So non-Elites will pull up to the rocks (at wherever) cast a cork by it, then get bit off by bluefish, spanish mackerel or whatever then give up. But they missed the trout that were up against the rocks.
A floating jerkbait can be good, too. Sometimes it doesn’t get deep enough, however.
Good luck.
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Okay, I thought so. Just wanted to be sure.
That works fine, as long as you know how it correlates to where you want to fish.
After that, most old LASM articles reference the gauge at I-10, so that’s good to know for research purposes (when to fish the lower Pearl for trout, reds, bass, etc.)
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I find it hard to believe that Garmin can keep up with the daily changes on Louisiana’s coast outside of generic changes.
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I don’t have it handy, but if I come across it I will post it here.
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Fair enough, and good effort given the circumstances. Thanks for reporting back!
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Well, don’t jinx it!!! It’s not like it went up to 12 feet!! 7 foot is totally doable.
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Literally my pet peeve. The phone thing.
Like, “Sorry fishing is so boring that you gotta get your dopamine hit real quick. Sorry I got up early, got the boat ready, etc. but you can’t find the wherewithal to stay off your phone for a few hours and help the team effort to catch some fish.”
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Thank you for the kind words.
Man, I wish I had something like 101 when I was a teenager. If you really want to spark his fishing aptitude, let him get into bass fishing. There’s probably a pond somewhere by you that he can fish.
Even if it’s a golf course pond that you’re not “supposed” to fish. It’s cute when a kid/teenager fishes ponds, but people tend to be a tougher on a 40 year old man. lol
