Devin
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I’m assuming you’re going with @Bryon ? Which boat are you taking?
The thing you really have going for you is that you’re going to get some back-to-back TOW in to figure out where they are.
I’m assuming you can fish all day on the 8th. The wind is laying down then and you’ll have a chance to run around unimpeded by wind. Great day to learn where they ain’t.
I can tell you that the redfish have not been a slam dunk in Delacroix. I’m not really sure they have been anywhere. For reference, a guide buddy of mine fished over the weekend and caught anywhere from 5-11 slot redfish for 3-4 clients in the boat. Lots of throwbacks and some bulls. I’m just helping you manage expectations right now.
Let’s take a look at what you’ve got planned.
“Top water early and wake baits
transition to Spinner baits and paddletails”
I think you’re wasting time doing this. All those are just gonna get hung up in the aquatic grass you’re going to find across Delacroix. A Texas rigged craw, like a Netbait Baby Paca Craw is what you’ll want to use. Or anything that’s weedless and will pull through the grass without catching it.
After that, I think you would really benefit from just securing a win. You really ought to throw dead shrimp under a cork. Or at least have one angler in the boat who’s doing that while the other chunks and winds.
“Plan is to fish for Reds starting the morning running south to Petain Lagoon and moving into mouth of Bayou J L Robin and fishing Bayou to mouth of Lake Robin.”
What if you destroy them in Lery the day before? You’re just gonna leave those fish to go somewhere else?
I’m trying to get you to think critically about this. Fact of the matter is that if you have the whole day to fish on the 8th, you can fish Lery and a slew of other spots to find “where they ain’t”. Lost Lake is right there, you don’t need to wait three days to hit it up.
To grind out Lery all day, then go grind another spot all day is a recipe to not catch squat. That is not what I teach or recommend.
In fact, I would just do what I teach: which is pick out ~12 spots based upon the conditions (and a safe route to them) and then go fish those using a process of elimination until you find the mother lode.
I think you can be more ambitious in your planning.
If it were me, I’d pick out a bunch of places that are most likely to have clear water and run them until I find a giant school of redfish. That would equate to a lot of not-fishing and burning gas, but a whole day of that would help me find the clearest/prettiest water a whole lot faster than grinding out one spot.
So, you can fish easily fish everything you listed in one or two days. And if those spots don’t work out then you can do a big area change. Go to the MRGO south of the Rock Dam to fish points/coves there for trout and reds. The south side of the Rock Dam can be productive as well.
I would also consider running toward the river to fish around Francis Martin Bayou, Wreck Bay and Baker’s Bay. Be warned: that area has a hard bottom and a lot has silted in. There is zero room for f*ckups in a big, fiberglass bay boat down there. You had better have Sea Tow and a way to contact them because you will get stuck if you didn’t do any navigational homework. The tradeoff is that this area has the potential to be more productive than anywhere else.
If you knock out some routes and share them here, I can tell you if they’re good or not.
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Biloxi Lagoon is highly specific, any reason why?
Me, I’d just go to Delacroix and target redfish.
Have you read the latest reports? If so, why would you target speckled trout?
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Welcome to the forum! You’re in the right place, and we’re all just waiting on the water temp to fall. Then things will really kick off.
Thanks for posting an intro!
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Have you looked at the wind forecast? It’s looking a lot better! And I was mistaken: there is no cold front to drop water temps. I think you have a good stab at redfish, and I’d look for them anywhere from Grand Lake down Bay Law.
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Yeah, it looks like you did the same thing I did and just had to go. And it looks like the same result. Predictable with the crap water temperature.
Last year I shot a video on November 8th fishing the Biloxi Marsh, and I caught 18 trout, but worked for them all day.
In years past if I only caught 18 trout in otherwise decent conditions in November I would have gone home ashamed. lol
What we have going for us now over last year is that the river is lower and it looks like she is gonna stay down.
I did have a good day at Seabrook with warmer water temps last year, during October IIRC, where I caught 15 by myself and left them biting. But there were a lot of boats there. That bite didn’t go unpressured at all.
If/when conditions allow, I’d look for trout on the outside. I’d fish that reef by Half Moon Island in Mississippi Sound, as well as that rig outside L&N, maybe even L&N itself.
I’d definitely try Breton Island, the break in the Long Rocks, the rigs between both those spots. Or maybe just wait for it to cool off. lol
Either way, I feel your grind, it does not go unappreciated. Thank you for posting a report!
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Man, what a gorgeous fish. I sure do love Florida. So much diversity in fishing down there.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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oh my gawd lolololololol
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THAT makes sense. Someone should go fish that, too. lol
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Yeah, I did hear a birdie on a branch say that some fish have shown up in The Jump. Someone should definitely try it. lol
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Wow, that says it all right there.
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I don’t recall off the top of my head, but it gave us just enough time to get to our A spot, catch a few reds and get back. IIRC, we actually staged gas somewhere along the way and I refueled the boat as we ran back. Or maybe that was another time.
One event out of Grand Isle we ran to north side of PAC. It was pretty normal to make long runs to the good stuff.
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lol I guess just screw the Army and Air Force. lol
Man, Venice sure is purdy. Thanks for uploading the pictures. I am living vicariously through you guys now.
The Southpark pic is spot on lol
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One time I fished a redfish tournament off the East Pearl boat ramp and we ran all the way to Pointe a la Hache. Had to stop to refuel on the way back. Very common to make long runs.
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Last year’s October absolutely pissed me off. It was so lackluster and limp-wristed. Like…no. Just don’t do that ever again and it’s doing it again this month.
I saw the strong NE wind forecast and assumed it was a cold front. A perfectly safe and reasonable assumption given the time of year: we should have had a couple by now.
But no. It’s just a stupid low. And another low pointed right at us.
What
The
F&$%!!!!
