Devin
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Building off what I said earlier, you will want to take a look at this post.
It’s practically a “gimme” (actually…it is) and I would do a fishing trip out that way as conditions allow.
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Not really. MODIS is at the end of its life span. I think one satellite has already burned in, the other one is on its way out.
I strongly recommend CSSP Geosphere. It gives you an image every 10 minutes, versus once or twice a day.
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“but I had the itch and had to get out there”
Man, I hear that lol thirsty over here
“Got back to Hopedale with about 10 minutes to spare before it all let loose on us.”
Boom. That’s how it’s done.
“Around 15 throwbacks”
Yikes! I hate hearing that.
“Didn’t stick to one spot, trolled up and down the rocks.
That’s how I like to do it, if I can. Sometimes there’s too many boats. April is really best to hit the Long Rocks before the crowd shows up.
“Long rocks produced, was fishing under a popping cork with live shrimp and Vudu shrimp.”
Now, I can’t help but notate something here: I hear a fishing report like that and I know I can get in there and crush a limit with a jig, casting to the rocks, as detailed here. Yes, it makes a difference. All the difference in the world, and not just there, but anywhere trout swim.
But whatever, you did good. Excellent report. I’ve been waiting patiently for a Long Rocks report, but the wind has not been cooperative. Thank you for striking when the iron got hot and letting us know about it!
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Man, kudos to you for waiting out the storm. When I saw it that morning I immediately thought of you and @Jason_B knowing it was throwing a huge monkey wrench into y’all’s plans. I hate that for y’all. Sometimes you can wait it out, move around and make it happen, but wind is wind and lightning is lightning.
You’ll get at them next time.
Thanks for taking time to post a report. It was great reading it. Thank you.
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Man, if you would’ve let us know you wanted to fish those areas, we (well, me…at least) would have steered you away. I’m not sure if you were targeting specks, reds or both, but I wouldn’t fish Muscle Bay, Cutoff, etc. for speckled trout this time of year. I’d be looking further east at diving birds and the oyster beds there. Bays Lawson and Boudreau across 3 Mile to West Karako is where I would look. Or the reef balls in Missisippi Sound, or south to Bay Eloi.
You can certainly get on redfish in Muscle Bay area, but the bowfishing charters have made those harder to come by.
Let us know next time you plan to go fishing and we can get you pointed in the right direction.
Kudos to you for sticking it out with the rain. That’s dedication and I respect that.
Above all, thank you for taking time to post a report. Thank you so much!
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Well dang, I just took a giant crap on Hwy 11 for @Bennet planning post. lol
I’m a big dummy.
But at least he’ll be ahead of the power curve fishing Lake Borgne.
Godspeed, Bennett! lol
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Man, I’m hoping you saw @Geremy report last night. Literally the Hospital Wall and Hwy 11 you might want to consider if Lake Borgne is too rough.
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Yeah, I’m sorry to hear that. I wish I could do something or offer a solution, but unfortunately I do not have one.
FWIW, I think there’s an open-source way to do satellite imagery with a cheap $50 tablet and ATAK, but I haven’t gotten around to researching it yet. Believe me, when I do, you guys will be the first to know.
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“go buy a Lowrance”
I agree with this, but for a different reason: you don’t need a proprietary PC program to upload waypoints and tracks to most Lowrance units. You just need to plop a .USR onto an SD card, insert, upload and enjoy. That’s one reason my next bay boat will have Lowrance on it.
FWIW, the Lakemaster Louisiana Delta card is about the same as the card you looked at. I’ve run both in separate boats or at the same time in the same boat, all across Louisiana’s coast from Slidell to Venice to Vermilion Bay and even in Big Lake.
If you think that a Lowrance and Standard Map E-Card is going to solve your navigational problems, you are mistaken. It will instead lead you to believe that certain bodies of water are safe, when they are not, like this article describes in detail.
Doing that exact thing is what destroyed my buddy’s prop in Pointe aux Chene, then ripped off mine in Venice, gotten me stuck in Bay Long, nearly gotten me stuck at Swanson Bayou and other navigational mishaps.
The best thing you can do is what you did and gave credit to: make safe routes in GED and put them on your GPS, then follow them.
The mapping cards just serve as a reference, not a reliance.
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“It really isn’t about the fish; it’s about having a potential once in a lifetime experience with my dad.”
Very well said. I’m glad y’all had a blast.
I am guilty of getting wrapped around the axle of catching a limit, finding the mother lode, etc.
But what you’ve out of towners taught me is to just enjoy what we’ve got here. Just getting out there and having fun running the marsh is enough.
I can’t promise the demon inside my head driving me to find ’em will stay calm forever, though. LOL
I’m gad y’all came to Louisiana. Oklahoma is beautiful and has some good fishing over there (actually drove through there on I-40 a few times in the last month), so I’m impressed you guys made time for Louisiana. Thank you!
Please leverage this forum again when you can make time for us, and I hope your dad is able to return one day.
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Okay, that makes sense. Good to go. Magill Lagoon can be good, especially if there’s grass in it, or trolling Bayou Magill with gold spoons is a classic.
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Yeah, when I saw the weather I was thinking of you. Some days you’re the hammer, other days you’re the nail.
But there is next time. The fish won the battle, but not the war.
Thanks for reporting back.
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Excellent.
Also, I would look hard at the reef at the top of Lake Borgne at 30˚ 04.283’ N 89˚ 35.107’ W
There’s a full list of all the reefs here on my site.
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For visual reference, I fish that rig here at 3:43
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Okay, well FWIW what you have on your white route is Bayous Magill/Biloxi. That route is ace.
Lakeshore Bayou is just under the point on your bottom red arrow and I thought that meant you were entering there at Lakeshore Bayou. It’s been silted in for years and I would not take it.
You probably already knew that, I’m just putting this here in case anyone uses this planning post in the future.
