Devin
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Glad to have you back!
This is valuable feedback for myself because I don’t see this forum or Elite as a whole from your perspective. So thank you for providing that.
This community is only here to help anglers level up. I’m glad you see that.
And yes, you need to get off that shoreline. It’s really just one giant spot. You’ve got a good boat for fishing abroad. If I were you, I would look hard at trying different places, like you mentioned.
The east of Lake Borgne is about to be good, if it’s not already. All the drains, coves, rocks from Jahcnke’s Ditch to Grand Bayou are worth looking at.
The artificial reef at the top of Lake Borgne, too. As well as the L&N Bridge and the rig you can see just outside of it. In fact, I’d look at the compressor rig on the mid-east side of that lake and that big one off of Alligator Point.
Grand Isle is about to turn on with easy bird action. Search for my report about it there.
There’s also Seabrook, the Kenner Rigs and powerlines in West Lake Pontchartrain. So all places that aren’t too far from where you’re already fishing.
When fall comes, we will probably pressure you into going to Venice. LOL
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I think this is a good plan, but I have not had much success fishing that area, even when the fishing in Hopedale was fantastic before the Freshening.
I really like the MRGO and would fish points/oyster reefs like in this planning post (look at what I shared in there, too).
After that, I’d also hit the rigs in Bay Eloi (especially the Trash Rig) and Dead Man Island.
Or go down the Spoil Canal, hit rigs and points in Fortuna, loop around to the break in the Long Rocks, fish those points, then the Long Rocks themselves, then go up into Bay Eloi, fish the rigs and Dead Man Island, then head home from there.
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If the wind lays down, Comfort Island could be worth your time to look at, too.
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Fortuna Rigs and Spoil Canal route in this planning post
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Bumping this to the top.
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What kind of steering system is it?
You definitely want to get this unf*cked. My nightmare is the hydraulic steering failing at speed and flipping the ram over like maybe what happened in this video or this one.
“Is this urgent?”
YES
“Could I just keep refilling with hydraulic fluid until then?”
Not unless you want to become an unplanned SeaTow commercial (ask me how I know).
“If I can’t get this done myself do you guys recommend anyone within 1.5 hours from Mandeville to work on something like this?”
IIRC Pier 21 Marine is trained/license (or something like that) to rebuild SeaStar systems. But the guy who was passionate about it left there a few years ago. It’s worth a phone call. I’d do the same for local places, especially Cypress Cove Marine, Slidell Marine or Boat Stuf in Slidell.
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Hey Mike, welcome to the forum. Glad to have you here!
If you look through the Fishing Trip Planning forum you’ll see plenty examples from many talented anglers who put in their time. And that has paid off for them. It can for you, too.
Make a good planning post and we can give you good feedback.
Port Sulphur is a great place to fish. That Skeeter you’ve got can fish a whole lot, all the way to Port Fourchon.
Thanks for posting an intro!
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Begin at 7:18 here.
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Hmmm. Did you fish that pass into Lake Pontchartrain with something heavy to contact the bottom? Or did you chunk and wind lures at the shoreline?
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+1 on the Dam and oyster boat parade lol
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You mean you don’t make your guests ride around with an oyster sack over their head?! lol jk
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Well, if you didn’t post here then we wouldn’t have known to tell you. So consider that.
This what a real fishing community looks like and is supposed to do. A Heavy Drop Shot will solve 99% of your deep water problems.
But, it’s totally possible that you could have fished there with an HDS (in about 27ft of water IIRC) and not come away with anything either.
So there’s the next fishing trip to consider.
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Whoops, my mistake. Yes, I did confuse you with Jon Fisher. I apologize.
You should definitely try South Pass, SW Pass, East Bay, etc. There has to be something down there.
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Oh for sure, the people who have liked it have LIKED IT, but I was hoping it would Standard Map/SeaTow notoriety and it has not. Oh well.
I do appreciate the fanfare it has received. For that, it shall remain.
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Very interesting.
Yeah, the H20 stuff is nice when its nice. Even better when they’re on sale for $2 apiece. LOL
