Devin
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Finally! Been waiting for someone to do this! I was going to scream if I saw another Hopedale/EBM report. lol
(just kidding, everyone…..very thankful for everyone who takes time to post)
Man, and do the conditions look good. Genuinely jealous. You stand to really stomp the daylights out of the fish.
Well, I know you finished 101. So I’m wondering why you’re not including the 4 mile long accidental artificial reef? Might wanna peek inside the Student .kml for 101. Find it here.
“will be launching at Fourchon marina at 05:30”
I would make that 5am. Solstice was yesterday. If you’re too early or if it’s overcast you can just wait for 15 minutes. No big deal.
Also, don’t forget Belle Pass or Fourchon Barges.
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“My 2 friends swore they needed live shrimp”
Send them my videos and have them explain how I caught limits of speckled trout year-round across Louisiana’s coast without live shrimp.
After that, what lures were you throwing? I wish I knew more about your trip so I could give you better feedback.
How many spots total did you fish?
Was the water crap everywhere you went? Did you try fishing the backside of the dam at all?
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Oysters are harvested year round.
I cannot recall a time of year I have not seen oyster boats dredging in EBM.
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“The areas that were producing good redfish for me were full of grass now.”
That’s a good thing. I see that and get giddy. There’s gonna be a patch of clear water somewhere in there.
Did you try the canal on the south side of Lery? Not the ones leaving it but the one that runs against the shoreline?
Were you able to get into Bayou Duhe?
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So I get what’s going on here: it’s been a minute since you’ve been consistently on the water and now you’re working to find your stride.
I have definitely been there more often than I would like in the past couple years.
That’s why in my reports you see a lot of water being covered. I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect you to do that, that’s just how upset I was with the fish. LOL
What the guides have is consistency. For most, if you took them out of their stomping grounds and dropped them off in someplace completely new, they would also struggle.
You’re a consistent poster here inside Elite. Keep at it, you’ll hit your stride and be back on ’em.
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I love this idea.
Yes, I’ve also thought of the same thing and tackled this years ago.
The thing is, the Peewee Pearl just isn’t the same as the Mighty Mississippi. It doesn’t build land and doesn’t have as much habitat (but you said that).
But generally speaking, you can fish grass on the shorelines of the East and West Pearls for redfish, that tends to work out pretty well.
The ponds can be really good, too. Just don’t get married to them, as soon as duck season comes around they will all more likely than not be leased out and have duck hunters in them.
I’ve found some good water and had good days sight fishing back there, but never had 100+ days like I’ve seen further down by the river.
So it’s a good close-to-home option if it is indeed closer to home.
That and exploring is always fun. You never know what you’ll find out there, and bass are always a bonus when blind casting.
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Sorry, just saw this.
I take Tiger to Grand to Zin Zin to 1st Spillway, down Southwest Pass to Joseph Bayou to East Bay.
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I love it when people pick up what I put down. Yep, I meant those rocks.
Let’s kick it up a notch:
I suppose trout can be anywhere on them, but think about how trout use current breaks and you will figure it out by the time you’re done reading this sentence.
As for where to start: well, when you can figure that out let me know. LOL Any of those places can be good.
Given what you came up with, if you start out at Timbalier, then you’d be wasting time to run over to the barges, because all your spots are around Timbalier.
I have a hunch that the barges and east side of Belle Pass could have the cleanest water. If it were me, I’d get an early start to graph/fish the Barges, then hit Belle Pass, then end up at Timbalier.
Very important: I’d be ready to fish a jig (as light as 1/8 oz) up against and into the rocks. Trout will hide from sharks and dolphins there. So non-Elites will pull up to the rocks (at wherever) cast a cork by it, then get bit off by bluefish, spanish mackerel or whatever then give up. But they missed the trout that were up against the rocks.
A floating jerkbait can be good, too. Sometimes it doesn’t get deep enough, however.
Good luck.
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Okay, I thought so. Just wanted to be sure.
That works fine, as long as you know how it correlates to where you want to fish.
After that, most old LASM articles reference the gauge at I-10, so that’s good to know for research purposes (when to fish the lower Pearl for trout, reds, bass, etc.)
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I find it hard to believe that Garmin can keep up with the daily changes on Louisiana’s coast outside of generic changes.
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I don’t have it handy, but if I come across it I will post it here.
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Fair enough, and good effort given the circumstances. Thanks for reporting back!
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Well, don’t jinx it!!! It’s not like it went up to 12 feet!! 7 foot is totally doable.
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Literally my pet peeve. The phone thing.
Like, “Sorry fishing is so boring that you gotta get your dopamine hit real quick. Sorry I got up early, got the boat ready, etc. but you can’t find the wherewithal to stay off your phone for a few hours and help the team effort to catch some fish.”
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Thank you for the kind words.
Man, I wish I had something like 101 when I was a teenager. If you really want to spark his fishing aptitude, let him get into bass fishing. There’s probably a pond somewhere by you that he can fish.
Even if it’s a golf course pond that you’re not “supposed” to fish. It’s cute when a kid/teenager fishes ponds, but people tend to be a tougher on a 40 year old man. lol
