Devin
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1. Just go off Bay Gardene. It’ll be close enough. There is so much tidal lag far enough inside the marsh that it can be a “it is what it is” situation and you’ll just have to fish what you can.
2. If it looks like chocolate milk, then don’t fish it. If it’s deeper water I would graph it anyway. If there’s redfish piled up there then there’s no way you’re going to miss it.
I think you’re overthinking this.
If it were me (and you know dang well I would find redfish if I launched there on the 11th) I would look for grass mats and fish the edge of them for redfish, even if it’s muddy right up against them. But what I fish before that is wherever grass filters the water. There’s almost always going to be a channel of clean water running between the grass mat and the shoreline.
I would not treat Delacroix like salt marsh where milfoil doesn’t grow in abundance. It’s a lot fresher (which is a good thing) and that makes finding the clear (or clearer) water a lot easier.
I wouldn’t stop the boat to fish until I found that good looking water.
And I’d give myself a head start by identifying places with grass mats on GED and loading those into my GPS and checking them all. Literally running across the marsh like the Tasmanian Devil.
Which you may wanna do because it’s gonna be hot, and that Cajun A/C sure is nice.
Also, cover your ankles. I just wear pants.
Good luck!
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What malice said is correct, but you can totally do Chandy from Hopedale.
I would only do it when the wind is absolutely, positively 100% going to lay down.
As for fishing spots…well, Chandy is a big place. And just like anywhere, I would find things there that are different and stand out. Sand vs shell vs grass, shallow vs deep, stuff like that.
Big points, flats, ledges, islands, sunk islands, rigs, all that 101 stuff. Then I’d pick out about a dozen of these spots and fish them all to find the Mother Lode.
There you go. That’s it. That’s what I would personally do.
But there’s more: I would post that plan here and let us look at it. There may be a glaringly obvious flaw in your plan that myself or someone else could point out. But if you never make it, you’ll never know.
Also, I would do my navigational homework there. It’s easy to get stuck on a sandbar out there. Ask me how I know 🙂
Good luck!
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Yeah, sitting birds are worth casting at.
They’re just waiting for it to turn on, just like you.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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The kayak crew is holding it down here on Elite.
Excellent work. I love how you changed up locations and techniques, successfully.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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No, unfortunately not.
Nor do I know anyone who has.
Man, I’m not so sure about stack storage. What are you gonna do when a hurricane approaches? Do you not have a trailer? What happens when you want to go fishing and you have to wait on someone to get that forklift to get your boat?
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Hydrograph maps stopped being produced years ago. They’re gone.
As for your neighbor, if he’s fished his whole life then surely he would know that the Trestles in August is a pointless grind in the worst summer heat of the year.
You could get lucky and catch a few trout that got lost, but there’s no way you’re gonna beat the heat and limit out, not there, not in August.
If showing him some salinity numbers is really that important, then why not show him the USGS station at Rigolets?
1.7 parts per thousand
If it’s that fresh there, then how could it possibly be saltier further to the west?
I hope he decides to listen to you and try somewhere the fishing will be better.
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The next thing to consider is that once you have your method of comms, how are you going to use it? If you can text via satellite, does SeaTow take texts?
How is it going to go down? Consider that.
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“I will watch that forecast up until the last minute because it can change the tide, and how everything you do is done. Wind strength and direction are everything.”
+1 on this
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“Devin might have more knowledge and I dont want to step on his toes but I will tell you how I do it”
I’m 100% down with you sharing your methodology!
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Just a point: if you run south you’re going closer to where Mardi Gras Pass dumps into the marsh 🙂
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Giant +1 on this
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The Kang has spoken.
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Good choice.
Belle Pass and Fourchon Barges and those sunk rocks at Timbalier Island can make for great fishing.
There will be no guessing it’s salty there, you’ll feel it in the air. lol
Good luck!
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“I might eat that in nickles if I was stranded out somewhere, especially in this heat.”
I stand corrected. A bunch of paper would be too easy. I would DEFINITELY eat $15 worth of nickels if it meant getting back to the dock unmolested LOL
“The older I get the more I like to make it back home at night.”
Amen to that.
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What?! No. lol
You’re on the forum that replaced it two years ago.
You post intros in General Discussion.
