Devin
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Well, it’s good to hear the Central report from Breton Sound because that is where I originally wanted to go. But it seems that we don’t actually have a solid report since your trolling motor wasn’t working. I’m guessing you didn’t have a rig hook handy. Most folks don’t these days, and those don’t fish as well as a spot lock TM anyway.
“We fought repositioning for a while and then moved after watching 4 boats around the rig pulling in lady fish.”
I would’ve done the same thing.
“Tide movement was much less than predicted. It was very weak throughout the morning.”
I saw the exact same thing in Chandy/EBM. I suppose a little investigation could reveal why, but I’ll leave that to someone else here.
Otherwise, thank you for making the run, thank you for going deep and – above all – thank you for reporting back.
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“I don’t have Facebook, so I was happy to see the community moved here.”
I love hearing that. Man, is Facebook hot garbage or what? I really enjoy this forum. No distractions, just straight to the point, point-blank, both barrels, inshore fishing discussion.
“So I’m looking to improve and get us on more fish consistently”
You’re in the right place! Here’s what I would do if I were you:
Enjoy a few summer fishing trips. But stop going fishing in the next few weeks. Then spend all of August going over your boat. Get everything fixed. Do the same for your truck and trailer.
This way when fall comes around there are no innocent f*ck-ups. This way when the best fishing of the year is going down your equipment is firing on all 8 cylinders and you’re not missing out.
Have some discipline, forego the gauntlet of August fishing. August can be one of the toughest times of the year to fish.
I’ve seen it time and again in this forum: fall fishing arrives and bearings fail, trolling motors don’t work, GPS units glitch out and <insert something that’s totally preventable with a little bit of discipline and preventative maintenance>.
So, get all your equipment spit polished and perfect and be a friggin inshore hero this fall….
…or, you can ignore my sage advice from years of doing this exact thing and:
1. Get your ass kicked by the hottest/toughest time of the year.
2. Your boat/trailer/truck will be overdue on basic maintenance items.
3. You’re on the side of LA-23 with a blown hub, or drifting down the Mississippi River trying to get a call out to SeaTow, or you can’t fish the spots you wanted to because your trolling motor circuit breaker looks like a piece of chicken that sat in the fryer all day, and so on and so on.
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Man, y’all are the reason I will never get married. Each time I hear something about some kinda white-picket-fence event getting in the way of fishing….well, I will retire on time and die in peace!!! lol just kidding
Back to the important stuff: the Mississippi Gulf Coast has a lot of cool structure and cover. I think there is a website somewhere that has all these marked, as they are right there on the beach and I wonder if they’re able to be waded or not.
They can definitely be boated.
I do know that you can see canals and reefs on some imagery on low/clear water days during winter. There’s gotta be something to it!!!!
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Go to where water moves first.
What do I teach inside 101?
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With a wind and tide like that, I’d look hard at fishing the ends of the Long Rocks. Water will move first/best there than most other places. It’s summer, and catching trout on a neap tide is gonna be rough.
Or, try the powerlines, reefs and rigs in West Lake P. Sonar goes a long way out there, tide doesn’t matter as much out there.
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That stuff south of Venice Marina is really good if you can get back there. Good luck!
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Yeah, the water didn’t move like it should have. That was a real bummer.
Just get back out there and build off of what you saw. Keep that momentum going.
Thanks for posting!
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Well, with what you’ve provided on as short notice, I’d say go for it. But with the wind laying down I’d get out to Black Bay and fish the rigs there.
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I’d do Black Bay Saturday. I would not go there in the dead of the July heat and expect anything other than a boat ride.
I wouldn’t necessarily expect to find cleaner water nearer the river, but I would expect to see more grass mats, with dirty water on one side and clear water on the other.
The best kind you can find is the kind with a channel between the grass mat and the shoreline. Absolute jackpot for redfish.
Good luck!
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@Dodson already beat you to it, bud.
That and I’m not sure that I would use it. It looks like they mounted it in the lee of a building.
So imagine what chaos that would ensure.
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“The MRGO gives the calmest path toward good water”
So long as the wind plays nice. What direction would make the MRGO really rough? Really calm? You tell me.
“the rocks provide better water movement on a neap incoming tide than other areas might”
Why do they?
“and the rocks also help protect from rougher water while fishing”
So long as the wind plays right. See above.
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It would be moving first out in the Sound. But you would still have the same or near the same range.
What you need is not tide range but water current.
What speeds up water current outside of wind or solar/lunar gravitational forces?
That’s where you want to look. That’s where you want to fish.
That second nature of being able to look at a map and immediately discern the answer to above question is what I am trying impart unto all of you.
What I am not trying to do is do the thinking for you. Otherwise, why I did spend two years writing, shooting, editing and producing 101?
How does shooting a spitball out of a straw work? Can you shoot one across the room with your mouth, or do you need a straw? What does the straw do for you?
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Sort of, not really.
For one the water will definitely move better out there than somewhere sitting behind a bottleneck.
But what I’m trying to get you think critically about is how structure affects water movement.
You don’t need to go deep into the Sound to find that.
I can see that you completed 101. You know what it is that I’m talking about (or you should). Where is water going to move first?
Show me a dozen spots that are gonna do that, then I will tell you are on the right path.
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Dude, you are speaking my language.
This is the time of year to whale on big, fat, summer speckled trout. Not grind throwbacks. Not catch a bunch of fish that barely measure.
There’s no reason why one cannot get on drag-pulling, cast for cast, fat speckled trout action.
That wind just needs to cooperate!!! That’s all! The dang wind!!
I will say that sight fishing redfish is a second if the wind isn’t playing nice. I’d rather jig/topwater some hammer trout, though. Beat the heat!
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No, not at all. But I guess I’ll take a look and get a picture of it next time at Rigolets.
It sounds like they’ve been promoting it on social media, hence why folks are bringing it here.
Otherwise, stick with what works and is proven.
