Devin
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Ahhhh, Grand Isle. Great post. Glad you made it.
I saw a guy down there posting pictures of a goblin shark he caught in 1100′ of water… fishing out a 18′ aluminum boat haha
High functioning Elon-Musk-style south-Louisiana autism + aluminum boat = shark ID in 1,000ft of water. How did his Bass Pro 2D transducer reach that far lmao
Like…dude. DUDE. Chas Champagne literally calls me “Gorilla Nuts”, but nothing compares to that guy.
What is the depth of water around these rock jetties?
Shallow. And probably not worth fishing. I’ve fished it a few times and only caught trash fish.
Do the rocks on the bay side produce this time of year?
The rocks east of the ones you circled, on the actual Grand Isle, those I have caught specks on and seen reports of others who caught specks.
Paul Cummins is a guy with a good deal of experience there. He’s a good dude, and also an early adopter of LAFB Elite, IF101, etc. He’s worth reaching out to on Facebook.
Those rocks are worth fishing in the morning if the Gulf side is not doable. They are also worth fishing at night. Remember that there are lots of night lights on the north side.
in second photo labeled #2 is that yellow path a safe route? Is it no wake zone?
Yep, that’s good to go. Uhm, there are some docks along the way but I always hauled ass past ’em. Keep in mind that most people know my boat and I felt it was okay to stay on plane. I’ve seen other boats stay on plane, so I figured it’s acceptable there.
If i try fishing Bayou Lafourche area (like the jetties there), is there a way to get back into the caminada bay area without going back into the gulf? I’m not seeing an easy way lol
I assume you mean Belle Pass. If so, when I get up later I can mark that path out for you.
Also, you might want to go to Gus’s Tackle and get a flounder gig setup. There could be flounder to gig on the beach at night.
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To further answer your question:
What do you do in this situation?
Get in your presentations. If you don’t catch anything then go to the next spot.
I am not sure these were but I was thinking maybe black drum or maybe some other trash fish.
I’m not saying black drum never come off the bottom, but they pretty much never come off the bottom. Whenever I see them on sonar they are glued to the bottom.
If you ever visit the aquarium in New Orleans, they have a large exhibit with sharks, tarpon, redfish, and a lot of other fish, but also black drum. If you watch them (and I have, I absolutely love sitting there and watching the fish) you will see that they stay on the bottom.
You will also see gar suspending. lol
I wish they’d make a more in-depth inshore exhibit. It’d be cool to watch a school of speckled trout swim around!
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Great questions.
How you retrieve the HDS largely depends on what’s going on at your fishing spot. For example, if you’re fishing a spot like The Jump in Venice — where the current is screaming and the water is 25ft+ deep — you’re pretty much just hanging that thing off the back of the boat.
In other places where the current doesn’t move as fast (but still moves), then you’re casting up current of the boat, letting the HDS get to the bottom and move with the water like bait naturally does, then reel in and cast again once the HDS has drifted past the boat.
I cover this inside this lesson inside of Inshore Fishing 101.
Otherwise, it’s not a topwater, it’s not a twitch bait, it’s not a finesse worm. It’s a Heavy Drop Shot. It stays glued to the bottom.
As for fishing mid-depth, I’ll save you the trouble: those weren’t trout. There’s a 99.99% chance they were gar. Trout are usually going to be at the bottom or at the surface (like when they’re chasing shrimp). Never say “never”, because there’s always oddball situations, but I have never caught trout after figuring out some kind of “suspended” game like one would with largemouth bass. They just don’t do that.
But, if I wanted to catch fish suspended, then I’d look at casting and retrieving a jighead with whatever soft plastic you like best, or (if you’re set up for it) dropshotting them on sonar, or crankbaits.
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Do you recall the water color and clarity at the break in the Long Rocks when you were fishing it? Today it was dark brown and dirty.
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What a great problem to have! ha ha ha ha
I just put the clothes in the wash like anything else. I guess the difference is that I make a point to ensure only fishing clothes are worn fishing and accept they will get discolored by slime, blood and turds. lol
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I’m gonna run this tomorrow with a couple modifications.
First, I’m gonna roll out around the Rock Dam and down the MRGO, I’m just gonna avoid the Spoil altogether. I’ll launch out of Hopedale Marina.
After that, I added a few rigs about 8 miles southeast of 32 Block, as well as the California Point Reef.
I just pulled out the Tracker and op-checked the trolling motor, ran the outboard and am putting everything else back together (I had it taken apart since I was doing maintenance on it and figured I’d just sight fish).
But I cannot take it anymore, the river is down-down and it’s time to get after them troutskies.
I’ll let y’all know how it goes!
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Thank you for sharing this, Daniel. If the dredge operator isn’t sinking the pipe correctly then that’s a major hazard everyone needs to know. I also hate to hear that anyone had a boating accident.
With that said, something doesn’t add up here. I’m willing to bet anyone calling buoys “cones” probably didn’t go through the marked boating lane.
I’ve navigated around just about every CPRA project on Louisiana’s coast, and I am going to say that a person is a ding-dong if he/she doesn’t come off plane for dredge pipes, floating or not.
I’m sure Nicole has a vast depth of maritime experience to pull from and probably thought it was totally okay to charge at full speed ahead at what amounts to a 24″ steel pipe designed to move tons of sediment through it. What could go wrong? Why not slow down? What’s the rush?
I’m glad to hear nothing more than the boat was injured, but if they’re behaving like that around dredge pipe then I can only imagine what they do around errant white poles, gas pipelines and well heads.
Or maybe they weren’t on plane, but I’d go to think that if they were idling, stood up, looked down in the water and watched that sonar, they’d know it was there.
With that said, every time I pass through the marked boating lane I’ve always observed the dredge pipe flat on the bottom. Every time. From Grand Isle to Venice to Slidell to LaPlace.
It sounds like to me they ran through the buoys marking the floating pipe, not the sunk portion.
Either way, if one isn’t sure, don’t go. Take another way. GED will help you find that (safe) other way).
If anyone has any questions about where to safely navigate, bring them up in a new discussion. Thank you.
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Well, unfortunately I am canning this trip. Whilst the conditions are good, it turns out the trolling motor plug and batteries are in bad shape and I’d rather not risk the time and effort. I’ll just take my kids to the aquarium and get some good writing done in the morning. lol
But, with that said, what you have in this thread is essentially a template next time the wind and sun is right.
I encourage you guys to use this info to go whack ’em.
Tight lines!
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And here’s the .KML file:
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People looooove dumping their boats there.
I’m just gonna say it: we can blame the state of Louisiana’s <insert whatever> on innocuous and unnamed politicians (which is always funny because the same people who say that don’t know who their elected representatives, councilmen and senators are), or simply recognize that the source of the problem are just Louisianans themselves.
It’s like what Longshanks said in Braveheart: “The trouble with Scotland is that it’s full of Scots.”
Like, why not take that boat somewhere it won’t inconvenience the rest of us? It sure is nice to launch at Fort Pike, save $10 and avoid the crowd.
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Last time I was there was in January 2019. I didn’t stay the night, it was just one of those Louisiana Gumball 3000 trips where every drop of fuel is spent exploring an area and the boat limps back in on the last few molecules of gas. lol
That fancy boat dock wasn’t there, I’m sure that will make camping there easier.
You will want to tie your boat off as well as you can, the current there is constantly moving. It’s not like tying off in Eden Isles. lol
After that, the ground there is high and hard. I could recommend bringing a weedwhacker in case the grass is up. After all, the skeeters are in the grass. Mow the grass, kill the skeeter.
Besides that, tent discipline will go a long way. lol
I think no matter where you go bugs are going to be a problem. I think the best time to go is when the dragonflies are hatched (i.e. right now). I have a good amount around my house and pretty much don’t have skeeters (though the area I live in is sprayed, so I’m sure that helps).
I’d go to think there would be dragonflies in Venice than on Cat Island.
I’m sure duck hunters use it during duck season. That makes sense. But it’s a good bit of land, I’d go to think there’d be plenty of room.
You should go do it. It sounds like it would be pretty epic.
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lol thanks, yeah it was definitely a kick in the pants
repeatedly
over and over again lol
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This is the path you can take and completely avoid any kind of water access issue. You could take Bayou Laurier, it’s more protected and probably shorter, but IIRC there were posted signs in it. I’m not really certain.
BUT, if you’re gonna have your boat on a trailer and wanted to fish Belle Pass and the Timbalier Rocks, then just go to the Irvin P. Melancon Parish Public Boat Launch. It’s right friggin’ there and you’ll get in the water quickly and won’t have to boat that distance.
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Yeah, I don’t mean to give her such a hard time. My apologies for coming off like that.
People will be people. They bring their climate-controlled, suburbanite sensibilities to the water with them and the water don’t put up with that. lol
That’s what I love about fishing. Out there, Nature and circumstance will hit you back. lol
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I haven’t been inside, but I’ve seen it. It looks good!
