Devin
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I removed that video from YouTube ages ago because no one watched it. The only thing worse than a sight fishing video is a dock light video. It’s dark, people can’t see what’s happening and most people largely used it just to see which docks to fish.
But, we do have this forum now, and if you have any specific questions about what to do, tackle, where to go, etc. we are more than happy to help out. Well, I am. Everyone else is in Venice doing the work of the gods.
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Yeah, conditions are gonna be about perfect. Yeah, I think you should do it. I like the spots you mentioned. Launch out of Pass Christian (great public launch there) and roll out for Plan Trout then Plan Topwater Drum on the way back in. I’d note crab traps on the way out and drop waypoints where they are aligned so I know where to start on my way back in.
Good luck!
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Slidell Marine for Mercury and Boat Stuf or Cypress Cove Marine for Yamaha.
Sounds like a day of rolling with the punches, and sometimes that’s the challenge of inshore fishing. And you still came home with fillets. Get your outboard squared away before fall fully kicks in!
Great report, thanks for posting!
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About ten years ago I accidentally started a giant sh*tstorm on FaceCrap by running ads claiming that I could teach you everything a guide knows for a fraction of the cost.
Which, I do. That and a lot more. A lot of what’s in IF101 alone guides have no idea about. Very few of them can actually find fish on their own or from scratch.
Take away their phone/radio and Standard Mapping E-card and they’re lost and risking the skunk (you know, like the rest of us).
Just because someone scratched through to get their TWIC and 6-pack doesn’t mean they can teach what they know. Part of being a good teacher is discerning the context the student doesn’t know. Most guides are just operating a bus on a milk run. If you had them fish a new area they’d be lost.
If I were wrong, there would be a dozen LAFB Elites out there but there are not. There is only one.
Yeah, those ads made a lot of butt hurt guides. Many of them I apologized to because they were cordial about it. I didn’t mean to attack them, I just wanted to showcase my product. Some I did not apologize to because they were awful about it. It was like dealing with children.
I stopped running ads because they stopped being profitable, but if they were I’d 100% do it again and let the few immature ones cry about it.
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“This weekend is monumental.”
YES
“Hire a Guide! Hire a Guide! Hire a Guide!”
Well, I feel they’re not wrong here. If you took your generic, half-illiterate Slidellian and unleashed him on Venice in his old tri-hull, then you can expect bad results. That’s reasonable.
But to assume that anyone is completely out of the game just because they’re not booking with a guide is asinine. I didn’t, and look at me.
I’ve always believed that with doing your navigational homework, picking out spots based on the conditions, etc. that you can go pretty much anywhere, avoid hazards and catch fish (if not limit out). That’s what I’ve done. I don’t know how many YouTube videos of that exact thing I have to do to get people to pull their head out of their ass.
As you all know, that process is painfully outlined in IF101 and this forum is here to fill in any gaps. Nobody else is doing this.
So, LAFB Elite members are really gonna prove what’s “elite” and what’s not. And for whatever reason, LAFB Elite has attracted a lot of top notch talent. Lots of self-starters, self-appliers and willing to get help.
To be honest, I did not put a lot of effort into the name. I was just like, “F it, it’s ‘Elite'”.
But now I have the feeling it’s legitimately gonna be Elite. We got pipe hitters headed down there during good predicted conditions and the river is under 5 foot.
“Our goal is to fill the dock with so many Speckled Trout it would sink BOTH of the Carter Brother’s boats.”
Good. This is the way.
I love the team names.
It looks like you got all the routes you need.
Go direct if you need anything.
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That is fascinating.
But I’m sure you’re not the only person to read that article.
So, it’s a case of trying to find them somewhere else or that’s just where they are at.
If I were you, I’d figure out why fish are there. What’s bringing them to those docks? You know how many docks are elsewhere in Louisiana and big trout are never on them?
Also, what’s the salinity there? I find it hard to believe that it’d be high enough for summer trout, but I could be dead wrong (which I’m totally fine with, just part of learning).
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Well, either way, for someone who’s caught so many fish, he sure does get uptight when he’s got one on.
Also, that entire video is very geo-locatable.
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Anyway, what’s the context? Are those customers he’s snapping at? Or just drinking buddies?
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Man, we really could’ve used that guy in Fallujah.
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Also keep in mind that saltier Gulf water is so much closer because you have the deep Gulf of America right there. No other place in Louisiana features this. V-Bay is shallow for awhile, so it’s easier to stay dirty/fresh.
So, those spillways are like right there wherever it is trout spawn. That and some just move in sooner and not all of them spawn at once at the same time. I think some take breaks and move to where there’s shelter and food. The river is the perfect place for that right now.
I’m not saying there will be a bagillion trout in the river, but at the further reaches you should find some.
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To piggyback this, I would prefer SW Pass because there’s more to fish on the way there and in the vicinity. Looking at South Pass….ehhh…not as much IMO. You can hit that other beach you fished from Joseph Bayou, though I am not sure as to the route to take. I’m guessing a straight-ish shot.
Also, there’s that canal that parallels SW Pass in the event you need to use it. Just more options.
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I would do exactly that. I’d fish exactly where we did last year, then get to the sunk rocks at the mouth of SW Pass like I did in that video, and even fish the outside of it on the SE side.
Some trout will move in ahead of others, especially if there’s food there.
“Also, SW Pass vs South Pass: which do you prefer?”
I don’t really have a preference, not yet. My answer would be “both” if conditions allow, then whichever one the wind plays nicest with.
Those sunk rocks at the end of SW Pass just downstream from the pilot house are definitely worth looking at.
So I guess my answer is “SW Pass”
