Devin
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“so this is my first attempt to gather info to the end”
Cool, let’s do it.
How is your kayak motorized? Electric, gas, dilithium crystals?
“I’m still a little mixed up on how cold fronts affect fish.”
Fortunately for you, I made this video detailing that exact thing.
Honestly, your post reminds me of a time I wasn’t prepared. I really wanted to go to the range to do a night shoot, but I wasn’t prepared with the correct targets, target stands, clamps/staples, lighting, etc.
So instead of going to the range and half-assing it (and not having a good time), I instead made the point to create a packing list of everything I would need. Now all that equipment resides in a range bag. As long as that range bag makes it into the truck, I will have everything I need to enjoy a good night shoot.
Failing to take the time to invest in that preparation would result in one half-assed experience after another.
If you don’t know how cold fronts affect the marsh and fish, then now is a good time to figure that out. That way you can make automatic adjustments based on new information, rather than suffering from not knowing what you don’t know.
That’s why I made the courses. It’s all in one spot. It has not ever before in inshore fishing history been easier to get up to speed on what took me a very long time to learn the hard way.
The Achilles Heel to all this is self-application. If the angler does not take time to get through 101 and the seasonal courses, then he cannot possibly expect to come to this forum and be on the same sheet of music as the ones who did.
It is work consuming the deep-content of LAFB Elite. But whatever amount of work that is, the reward will be worth it.
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“I was going to keep pushing through to the rocks until I noticed no one was fishing the top of the scoop from the gate leading into Bayou Villere (I think?), so I decided to give it a shot.”
Which is almost always where you want to be. Excellent work noticing that.
“trolling way to close to the rocks”
Do you mean conventional trolling as in dragging a lure behind the boat, or moving down the shoreline and jigging?
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Get Kenny Kreeger, Dudley Vandeborre, Glenn Sanchez and Daryl Carpenter.
Those are the old goats and BTDT’s who have been around and really know inshore fishing. They were navigating the marsh without a Standard Mapping card or spot lock trolling motor.
Those are the guys who just shrug when they boat flip a 20″ trout before kicking that trash fish back in the water.
Get those guys over any dipsh*t who lied on his CG-719S to get his big, whoopty-do OUPV before changing his Facebook name to “cAptaIn <insert first name>” and started guiding last year but would get lost if his Lowrance ever sh*t the bed.
Do that and I will blast my newsletter with the arrival of Louisiana Legends.
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“But this year, I’m going to try to just get out on the water more. Reasoning that even on the bad days, especially on the bad days, there’s a lot to be learned by simply being on the water.”
What a great attitude to have. It’s good to get out there and just soak it in. Make use of this forum in the process to learn more. What may be obvious to one of us may not be to you and we can make the learning curve that much easier and enjoyable.
You’ve got a great attitude about this and we can get you onto some fish.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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He lives!! Aspiring Anglers returns!!!
“when my 14 year-old- dropped a bicycle on it.”
lol What are kids for if they’re not destroying your stuff?
“No one was catching, even with live bait.”
Yeah, it’s kinda warm for Geoghegan. If I were you, on a day like today, I would 1,000% go to Irish Bayou and fish the aquatic grass there. That shoreline between Hwy and Trestles can be good to try.
“The wind died down and it was really nice being out there.”
Yeah, I hear that.
“to really know why the fish weren’t out there today.”
It was warm, and they moved out. They use Geoghegan for refuge from cold NW wind and falling temps. I have never seen them back there on a sunny 80-degree day. You could certainly pick up some reds and bass there year-round, but the trout would have certainly moved out.
Next time you go fishing, ask us if the place/time is a good idea. If you had told me that you were going to try Geoghegan, I would have told you to enjoy your boat ride, then made the above suggestion to get you onto some fish.
I would also consider camping out alll daayyy loooong at the Rock Dam for a legit hammer speckled trout of a lifetime. In years past during spring (which I know it’s early) I’ve seen yakkers do that. I don’t mean some weak-ass 20″ trout. I am talking a 27″ behemoth Speckled Truth Citation.
The boaters tend to miss these fish at the Rock Dam (or at least I think so anyway) because they lack the patience that the kayakers are forced to have.
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I’m bringing this up because this is one of those things you don’t hear about until it’s too late. Provided, of course, that it actually makes for any real good fishing.
I think the potential is there.
Below are pics of Cataouatche from 2008 and 2023.
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After that, it’s great y’all had fun. That’s what really counts.
But, with that said, there’s a ton of slots reds and speckled trout out there. Now that the water temp has been warming up, we have an early spring and I know folks have been catching speckled trout on that pattern.
And by “catching”, I mean “limiting out”.
We would love to get you and your kid on a bite like that. I really think you should consider going down to Hopedale/Delacroix/PLH and fishing anywhere from…
- Lake Ameda
- to Petain Lagoon
- to Four Horse
- to Bay Lafourche
- to Wreck Bay
And when you do, make that planning post. Believe me, right now I know exactly where to go and what to do but I’m not handing that out to folks who aren’t willing to put some skin in the game. I’m not singling anyone out with that statement, I’m just pointing out my modus operandi.
Because, dude, whatever that was about a bath tub and getting baptized, that makes no sense to me and it’s not anything I would do to catch fish in those given conditions.
I’m not trying to be hard. I punched my man card a long time ago in places far cooler than Louisiana. I just want you to get onto some fish, even smash the daylights out of them. Preferably smash the daylights out of them.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“Since it had a few days to warm up I would fish the stairs from the bottom up”
I’m guessing you have a decent graph and can just look in the deep holes. If the fish are there, you will know. It will be painfully obvious, especially if there’s a good amount of them.
If the graph shows a ghost town, then don’t fish it. That saves you a lot of time.
Even when fishing shallow you will see fish and bait circling the boat on side imaging (scan, vu, or whatever brand you have). There’s an example in this trip to PLH at 16:19, or see the screenshot below.
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“finally got the trim rebuilt”
Hallelujah! Must feel great to get that done.
“Didn’t have time to plan and then sleep so did what a man should do and planned while I slept”
Yikes.
Yeah, you need sleep. No doubt. I love sleep and hate going without it.
But I also hate not catching fish or ripping off a lower unit. Definitely done that. And every time I did it was because I took things for granted and got complacent.
Biloxi Marsh is nowhere as spicy as some place like Venice or Pointe aux Chene, but it has its fair share of weirs and shallow water areas.
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Hey Jason, I’ve been on the road and haven’t had much time to monitor the forum. I’m home now and wanted to read this report. Yeah, there’s a lot to unpack here. lol
First, honestly, I just don’t even know how Biloxi Marsh is gonna do these days. I really don’t give it the time of day. The last time I really curb-stomped the fish there (trout or reds) was 2016 or so, during the winter.
During The Freshening it’s fallen off the map and I’ve long since moved on to greener pastures.
That says a lot since Biloxi Marsh is the place I grew up fishing and guided out of. Last year I filmed this video there. It may look like I smashed the fish, but it was only 15 and there were a good deal of throwbacks mixed in. Plus I fished some A-spots from over the years and they produced zilch. Ouch.
And that’s what Biloxi Marsh has been: Throwback City. I’d rather stay home and watch paint dry, but I do get the itch from time to time to see what’s out there, if anything thing has changed. Well, I’ve had that itch for the last ten years and it’s mostly been a dud with a few great trips here and there.
It’s nothing like what it was pre-Freshening. Not even close. It is hilariously so far removed from its former glory. Maybe it will come back. We shall see. I hope so.
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Some things I’ve got the hook up on, some things I find myself. Some things I keep close hold, some things I make entire courses on.
Lucky enough, I’m sharing what I find here with you guys. Or I could’ve kept it close hold.
Thank you.
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It sure does make bowling look a lot more appealing. At least in bowling you can see the pins. lol
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Please post a separate report so folks see it in the correct forum. Thank you.
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Yeah, I don’t frequent TD, Facebook or really any social website outside of this one. I’ve just found pages at TD via word searches.
Otherwise I have no idea what you’re talking about. lol
Good luck!
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“I’ve been a GED nerd”
Cool! Yeah, it’s not proprietary, secret GIS tech by any stretch of the imagination, but things do move slower (and arrive later) in Louisiana.
But use GED and Delacroix won’t be a problem. Of course, if there’s something you see that is screwy then know that we are GED nerds, too. Screenshot it, post it here and let us take a look at it. There isn’t much between Terre aux Beouf and the MS River I haven’t run (as well as many other talented anglers here).
“As that warm lagoon water drains out on a falling tide into those deeper bayous then those cold fish might want to seek it.”
Yeah, I get that. Classic anthropomorphization of something that’s not warm-blooded. I just haven’t seen evidence to lend toward that. It’s been my observation that fish prefer stable water over water that’s warmer. Which is detailed in this article.
And see the graphic attached below (from that article). Which area looks more stable for water temp over the month of December? That’s right: the River. Which area gave up more fish over that month of December? The River.
Otherwise, take a pet fish and throw him in water that’s 10 degrees warmer and watch him die. And, FWIW, the Shell Beach temperature was more or less analogous to that of Grand Isle. It usually trends the same.
Anyway, if you want to get serious about Delacroix, then the time is now to begin prepping for it. Good reports are already coming in and I’d get out there before the Flotilla does.
