Devin
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I think that if you re-cocked the drift, you would have limited out.
But I get that it’s hot, and 11 fish is still a lot of eating.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Glad to hear y’all had a good one. Way to make it happen.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Excellent report, thanks for posting! Beating the heat is tough this time of year.
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Thanks for the heads up on the logs. Striking one of those at speed would be absolutely awful.
“Left from that area and headed towards the Hashtag and Compressor rig and to my surprise they were both in the process of being removed!”
That is a bummer.
But there is a rig out there that fell over during Katrina and I wonder if they removed that one, too?
Man, those rigs are really good for fishing, they shouldn’t be removed. Things that stick out of the water just tend to be better for fishing, I don’t know why. They just are. So I’m bummed out to hear they’ve been removed. That really sucks.
“I scanned around the general area of the Dope Boat but couldn’t find it.”
I wonder where it’s at and how it’s situated now. Or is it completely flat on the bottom now? Who knows.
BTW, thanks for updating that other post. The quest for the Dope Boat continues.
“Father-in-law wanted to fish Deadman island so we went over to it and he was able to pull off two keepers there.”
There can’t be much left to that island, huh?
“At Comfort island there were birds diving and shrimp jumping but a lot of throwbacks.”
That makes me wonder if keepers were biting first thing in the morning.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Hearing that they’re at Curlew acting right sound about right and makes me happy to see a good report. Man, is that a haul.
Did you know that a guy from Texas used to live out there? Rudy Grigar was his name. His fishing reports are epic. He was operating out there in the 1960s IIRC. He published his story in a book titled “Plugger”. Makes you really sad when you see how much the fishing has declined since then. I do think it can come back.
“They were most interested in the chrome rattle trap.”
I’m guessing you were chunking and winding it?
“Gosh it was a battle with him but I finally ran a Gulp shrimp into his face and he smoked it.”
It’s rewarding though, huh?
Great report, thanks for posting!
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“got the feeling from my friend it was a great day for him(which he mentioned several times)”
That’s good. I’m sure he was excited to prove his boat and get that shakedown done. Sounds like an otherwise good day.
Now I’m wondering if the summer trout bite in Lake Borgne has thinned out or if the fish have moved on to bigger water.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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As for the sonar, I guess that’s your bow unit and you were spotlocked or moving really slow to get the fish to look that tall and dense. I’d say that’s a trout. I feel more confident seeing them on sidescan, especially when there’s a bunch of them. lol
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“I did some graphing and found some good debris and such on the bottom, dropped the trolling motor, and started throwing a 3/8 oz jig with a paddle tail. I very quickly landed 6 keeper trout.”
I’m pretty sure I know which one you’re talking about, and I’ve been wanting to do that for years and just never got around to it. You are my hero. Those six trout are worth sixty trout given the time/skill that went into that. Much respect.
I think I have pics of the boat when it was still above water.
Anyway, keep that close hold so every retard unwilling to do the work and wanting a handout doesn’t fk it up for everyone else.
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I’m with you on getting out of aluminum. They just don’t make those transoms strong enough. For the ones who do (Gator Trax), it’s cheaper/easier to get into a glass boat.
Yeah, you may not be able to confidently get into those ponds as easily, but the tradeoff is being able to access the open water stuff much better.
I’d rather have a shot at snapper than stressing out looking for redfish. I really enjoy sight fishing, but the redfish have taken such a beating, and I have beat myself up so much looking for them, that I’m kinda okay taking a long term break from it.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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I’ve definitely seen coyotes and pigs out there. There are some otters here and there, too. Have even seen mink at the Long Rocks. Saw a deer cross Bayou Laloutre once.
I really enjoy the roseate spoonbills down in Venice, but have seen some in EBM.
Also have had water snakes crawl into the boat, always while sight fishing somewhere really fresh.
That’s about it, nothing too crazy.
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I am so tired of scratching my head at this riddle.
It’s not an unseen thing to encounter otherwise perfect conditions and then find no fish, but it seems to me more common than before. Of course, that’s just anecdotal.
It’s hard to get a good sight picture on what the fish are doing right now. Are they on the edge of river water or doing something else?
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Well, I have my heart set on a Blazer 2400, but we’ll see. Oddly enough, I’m in no rush. Not fishing has been great for LAFB because I’m able to get more done because, well, I’m not fishing. It can be such a time suck.
I have terabytes upon terabytes of media to make all the content I want. For the first time in years, content is actually made and scheduled out ahead of time. That is such a relief, and I’d rather have that relief than catch 15 trout in a spot where I already know they’re at. lol
So, I have time. There’s no rush.
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The search continues! Thank you for the heads up!
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Yeah, I can relate. lol I got lucky and remembered what day it was. lol
