Devin
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“There were singles and doubles on a lot of the power line bases just as he suggested. We fished them wrong and I was too dumb to realize it until I was back in Oklahoma.”
Whoa. What do you mean?
Like, you saw the fish on sonar and then threw something that didn’t sink to them?
“I also had an absolute BLAST sight fishing big Sheepshead. I had several 18-24″ and boy were they fun!”
What did you sight fish them with?
This was a big problem/challenge/opportunity for me in 2024. Saw lots of great ponds with sheepshead, but no redfish.
So why not catch the sheepshead?
Problem is, they don’t take a swimbait or Texas Rig as well as a redfish. They take flies and smaller lures or something with a long shank much better.
“Ultrex, 12″ & 9″ Humminbirds”
Helix or Solix? If Helix, do you have a Windows PC?
Now you’ve really piqued my curiousity. Why are Power Poles worthless in Oklahoma? Every reservoir I’ve ever fished – Toledo, mostly Tennessee River (Guntersville, Nickajack, Chick, etc.), MS/TX reservoirs and Florida lakes – there are places to fish shallow and Power Poles were a great help.
Of course, I prefer fishing stuff I can graph, so the Ultrex was the primary workhorse.
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Literally one of the thumbnails I made for that vid.
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Okay, I’m back.
Frank’s Place. Never been there. You could be the first member to mention a launch I haven’t used. I woulda launched from Westwego and taken the boat ride, but I’ll keep that launch in mind for the future. Thank you.
“but none of the telltale V lines from the reds”
I know it’s nice to see that, but that doesn’t mean they’re not there, and I have receipts:
For example, watch the redfish I catch blind casting here at 4:57. You never see them. No wake, no nothing.
Same thing for every other redfish I catch in that video (they were all blindcast).
Same thing for this redfish at 7:03. No V. Same thing for the school of redfish behind him.
Same thing for these two redfish at 5:56 in another video.
“but after blindcasting lures, spoons and dead shrimp only managed to come up with a few channel cats”
And after that, I believe you that there were no or very few redfish around in that particular spot. I would’ve done the same thing.
If it were sunny out, I definitely would’ve made a point to find water so clear that I could see the bottom.
“The floating grass was so thick that birds were just walking on top of it.”
YES!!!!!!
“and finally hooked up with my red, a 22″ copper beauty!”
That was it.
They are piled up somewhere around there. It looks like there’s a lot of real estate to sift through.
Thank you, that’s enough for me to go look (if I were going to, I’m at home doing video stuff and overhauling my flatboat for fall).
Great report, thank you for posting!
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“With a lighter tide today I decided to focus on rigs and shell pads versus the islands.”
THANK YOU
“Started out at big central”
PRAYZ TEH LAWD
That is exactly what I would have done given the conditions, with a Plan Redfish or TT in my back pocket.
It is nice to see someone not cut any corners, not throw anything extra in there, just send it for where the best place where trout are going to be this time of year.
I literally just filmed a video about this exact thing. I specifically mention Central Rig for when it’s hot and when you need moving water.
And, of course, in the video I concede that it is indeed a far run because I can hear my audience whining it’s so far away. Well, go catch ’em like you did and all the sudden the run doesn’t matter!! IMAGINE THAT!!!
F*ck yeah, dude. Something just moved in my pants.
Something else worth mentioning are light conditions. It was not particularly overcast, but not particularly bright, according to Geosphere.
The attached screenshot was taken at 1pm CST. Can you confirm?
Excellent reporting. Thank you for sharing. This is a breath of fresh air and I needed it!
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I’m not sure what kind of boat it is. I can’t tell if those are props at the end of it or some kinda trim tab thingy.
Either way, I found it while graphing off of the Trestles and have kept its waypoint to try jigging it when the trout are on over there.
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Here are some bluegill beds off of Bayou Liberty I photographed some years back, for comparison.
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Yes! Geremy strikes again! This man is unstoppable!
@Brett26 hopefully you can replicate this. Good luck!!
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Now, it is worth mentioning that flying a Cessna at 500-1000ft works well. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I have actually done that. I have a pilot buddy who, one day, asked if I wanted to tag along. Once we got in the air he asked where we should go.
We had zero fishing-related plans, I was just planning on a joy ride across St. Tammany.
But then it occurred to me: I looked at him and said one word: Venice.
So we did. LOL
And it worked pretty well.
I forget what we spent on fuel, but IIRC it amounted to a few days of scouting in a boat, so it was “worth it”.
We haven’t done it since, it wasn’t that much of a help. But it was definitely fun.
It felt weird covering that much water and being home the same day. lol
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To find clean water for speckled trout, that would be even harder to do with a drone because it would have to fly further for longer.
Really risking a trip to the drink doing that.
Satellite imagery works even better in this case.
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If you mean Bayou Segnette, it has always been clear for as long as I can remember in the last 11 years.
Launch at Pier 90 or in Westwego at the shrimp lot or park.
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It also occurred to me that you may not have all your satellite imagery tools ready to rock and roll. Let’s fix that.
You probably have already seen MODIS. It’s pretty much out of date and the last of the two satellites may have already burned in.
Terra and Aqua lived long past their expected service life and gave us a lot of good daily imagery.
(*just checked and Aqua is still going)
Your next option, which is much better, is Geosphere.
But rather than give a daily image, it gives one every ten minutes. Much better. So if a cloud or sun sheen is in the way, you can wait for it to leave.
Your nuclear-grade imagery is Copernicus. Use it wisely. Don’t tell anyone about it. Keep it close hold.
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“Is there a speed that you scan at that makes things appear true to scale?”
Good question.
All I know is that bass pros recommend ~3mph.
But how that computes with scroll speed, I dunno, outside of getting something you can recognize.
If you had to measure the length of something, I would drop a waypoint at each end and measure that distance.
But I’m not sure that having exact proportions represented on the screen are that important, so manufacturers have left us with what we’re provided.
Definitely fun and nerdy, though.
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Roger that!
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I will take 100 reports.
I think you have 85-ish to go. lol
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The KANG has spoken!
