Devin
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“The first few stops produced a pile of throwbacks”
I haven’t fished those rigs as much as I have other rigs in other bays, but I have fished them and that has more or less been my experience.
“once again the popping cork paired with a sparkle beetle completely outperformed everything else”
If that’s what they want, then that’s what they want. The sparkle beetle is KING! LOL
“sometimes knowing when to head to the dock is part of a successful trip.”
Wise words. Yes, indeed.
Man, overall great fishing trip and excellent reporting.
Good to know about the Sulphur Mine, I just hope the new reef is as good or better.
I don’t know if you’ve been on the water a lot or not, but if I had this trip I would feel much better about where to go and where not to go. I’d feel more confident that I could go straight to good, biting fish. Sounds like you caught the tail end of a good bite there.
Thank you for posting!
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“and I looked behind me to check on where they were and there was a freaking water spout”
That is so epic!! Man, I wish I could’ve been there for that!! That picture is SICK!!!!
Thank you for taking it. When I’m fishing (especially running to my first spot) I’m not stopping for anything. But a chance to be Reed Timmer for a minute would’ve been hard to pass up. LOL
A water spot in the dark is fkn nightmare fuel!!! LOL
“I tried a one ounce jig and just didn’t feel like I had a lot of feel getting to the bottom.”
Yeah, you can slaughter them on a 1oz jig there, but if you can’t tell where the lure is, then that’s a problem.
12lb FC is awesome. Great choice.
Next time, bring a medium-heavy or heavy spinning rod with a 2oz heavy drop shot to solve your problems.
“one of them being 20″ so I released her”
Thank you. That’s the end-goal I’m trying to get with anglers and it seems all anyone is interested in is their fish fry. lol So, thank you.
“I fished two but to my dismay the tide/current was screaming in (pilot station tied showed it should have been falling?)”
You mean in the river? I’m pretty sure water there is going to rise/fall differently. Was the water level affected by wind in the days prior? You don’t have to answer that, just something to think about.
I know you probably wanted the trout fishing to be better. They are somewhere out there, and I think the rigs are worth looking at. You never know what you can get into out there.
When I get fishing regularly again I’ll go take a look. It will be a minute. I’ve got 47 terabytes of video to organize, backup, and make a system, build hardware to that end.
Lots of bottlenecks in the LAFB creative process that are getting fixed, but it takes time. The fish aren’t going anywhere.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Have you fished Lake Cataouatche for bass? Whiskey Canal?
Man, that can be good. Isn’t there a lot of grass in there?
I solely focused on bass there once and had a hoot. No 15lb bag or anything like that, but I caught a bunch of ditch pickles on a frog way back in the Tank Ponds. It was beautiful water and grass, some of the best I’ve ever seen.
I’d go to think that a red/bass day back there and in Salvador would absolutely put the Lake Pontchartrain basin to shame.
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It’s also worth mentioning that I get the whole “I have a camp there” thing.
But dude, I have been doing this for a long time, and I never once nailed a video or won money in a tournament by sticking with my “stomping grounds”.
A lot of guys miss out because they’re geographically restrict themselves. Do you want to pal around at a camp or do you want to catch fish?
I personally think that if you went to Delacroix solely just to get a feel for it and figure out some safe routes that that would be a win.
I wouldn’t worry about catching fish when you go. I’d worry about setting up the next 3-5 trips down there for success. That is a lot easier to do if you take time to do your homework: figure out those safe routes and get to know the area. Find where the grass mats are. Find the pretty water.
This is the best advice I have to give. I’ve been so successful inshore fishing that guiding is a downgrade for me.
But despite that, when I tell people the above advice, they don’t want to listen, they just want to focus on that singular fishing trip, bro out at their camp, have a fish fry or whatever. Well, I’d give up all those just to have the safe routes and familiarity of the area I want to excel in.
So take it or leave it.
But I know that if I went to Delacroix tomorrow I would probably crush them. All the above homework I did years ago.
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Man, I would’ve stuck with bass/redfish if I didn’t get after speckled trout (especially starting from scratch) first thing in the morning, and starting out about 35-40 miles east of Chef as well.
Sounds like a tough day on the water. Those happen. Thanks for letting us know.
It sounds like the rigs in Lake Borgne may be off the table this summer. I just haven’t seen or heard any good action out there. The salinity doesn’t seem to be there, either.
Black Bay and Stone Island on the other hand…I would go investigate there. Rigs and islands.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“got on plane at 05:18 just after nautical twilight”
Excellent.
“unfortunately it was all gaff tops as i have typically experienced in this scenario.
Sounds like terns and/or pelicans.
“Finally made it to the next area, a small well head”
Now we’re cooking with gas.
“Caught 2 gaff tops and rolled out.”
Good.
“First fat girl hit the deck at 09:13 and we had our limit by 10:18”
Even gooder!
Great report. Great planning. Great effort.
I also see that you made excellent use of the resources here inside LAFB Elite and it’s clear to see that effort paid off.
Excellent report, thanks for posting!
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It’s not a bad plan, but would be better executed ~50 days ago.
I’d skip the trout plan to just concentrate on redfish instead.
If I were planning for trout, I’d go way east. Like the east edge of EBM and start there. Me personally, I would not get excited over a report for four trout. Tell me he caught 40 then I might roll out of bed for that.
So do that or just skip trout altogether and put that time/effort toward the redfish.
I think Martello Castle will waste your time. If I wanted redfish in that area I’d hit up ponds and even look to get into the Biloxi Marsh and fish ponds there.
Or re-plan altogether for Plan Redfish in west Lake P: Kenner rigs, artificial reefs and powerlines. If you have sonar, that effort will be a lot easier.
Or re-plan altogether for Delacroix and Pointe a la Hache. Go launch from Beshel’s and begin learning the area. Maybe save that for next time if you don’t have any safe routes figured out.
Good luck, hope you slaughter ’em!
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Bang! Another successful fishing trip and a great report in the books.
The way I see it, if you figured that out on your first stab out there, you can keep developing the area and really figure them out. The mother lode is somewhere around there. So is clear water.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Same day report!! Let’s gooooooooooo
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I’ve got a lot to say here, but will get to it tomorrow. It’s late.
As for now, good frikkin job!
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Good night, the salinity in Black Bay!!!
That’s what we in the biz call a clue.
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Yes, Sweetwater is a great place to launch.
But, I do like Beshel’s because it is less frequented.
There’s no amenities there. Just a toilet, a dude to collect $10 and a shoddy launch. But it’s in the heart of redfish country. You can run north from there to fish all the same stuff the Delacroix guides do.
A lot of the area has been silted in for the last 15 years. It’s easy to run aground there. I have several times. It’s a textbook area to do GED homework.
So maybe launch at Sweetwater. Look at the recent planning posts for ideas on where to fish around there.
Yes, you can get on trout, but you are making a super early run out to Black Bay and beyond. I’m not sure if you’re up for that right now.
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It’s worth your time to lose some sleep.
Delacroix is phenomenally better than Biloxi Marsh in every way, and I’ll leave it at that.
That and you have a good recent report out of there.
But that doesn’t mean it will be a cake walk. Just do what I teach. Use the process. No shortcuts. The process is the shortcut.
Figure out where you want to fish, pick out at least a dozen or more spots and fish them all.
Tie on some Texas Rigs for the grassy stuff.
Good luck!
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Then there’s no way those were carp. You’re only gonna see carp in the freshest of stuff and if it really is that fresh then you would have been catching bass there for eons before you ever saw carp.
Man, I have no idea what to tell you. I’ve seen a lot of schools of bulls and slots and never seen them do that on a shoreline inside. That’s nuts.
My guess is someone’s anti-depressants flew out their boat and that entire school of redfish ate them. LOL I have no idea what to tell you.
Maybe go buy a lottery ticket while weird things are still happening to you.
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Take it easy. It gets shallow coming out of Joseph Bayou. There could be bull reds at the mouth of it in that deep stuff. You’ll see them bigger than you know what on sonar.
Otherwise, take it easy, shoot straight, getting your safe route is the biggest win when you’re fishing down there.
