Devin
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Did you fish the Dope Boat itself?
I hate to hear that the trip didn’t work out because I know guides have been catching somewhere out that way. At the bare minimum, you simply found “where they ain’t”.
Stone Island is a community hole meaning that people will go there and sit and not catch anything and just chalk it up to a day of fishing.
I’d be tempted to go again and just fish where I didn’t fish before, but if you trailer west of the river, I don’t blame you.
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Tasty indeed!
I love the route you have picked out. Same for spots, and you should use what’s in this .kml file.
Gosier Island is basically a sandbar now, or at least it was when I last fished it, whenever that was, a few years ago I think.
Those jighead weights you should have, but you should also have 3/4oz and 1oz. Honestly when you’re that heavy you want to separate the weight from the hook by using a Heavy Drop Shot. I’d have at least a dozen of them ready to go in ziploc bags. Two dozen is better.
If it’s flat calm, shoot straight for the islands. If it’s not, stop to fish the end of the Long Rocks and the gap. Also consider the flat on the southwest side of the Long Rocks on the southeast side of the gap.
Then move out to fish rigs from there. I’d definitely look hard at the rigs listed in the above linked .kml file.
Good luck!
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That’s a badass trip, because that area is ridiculously beautiful. I was actually over there a couple weeks ago, just to enjoy a roadtrip/beach day combo, no fishing. But I did see the grass beds and ledges on GED, and free dove the ledge. I could see how fish would stack up on it. Other than that, the only fish action I got was a baby jack smacking my watch. Scared the hell out of me. lol
Great report, thanks for posting!
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Okay, as promised I went and dug through my desktop to find some old Coco planning files. Here’s one:
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Man, there’s so much to unpack here. First and foremost, excellent detailed report and thank you for taking time to post it to show us that the fishing is indeed there banging on all eight cylinders. Thank you thank you thank you. My blood is flowing now!!
How was the fog running out?
“I couldn’t even get close to the bottom with a 1/2 oz jig head.”
Why didn’t you throw a 1 oz solution, like a 1 oz jighead or 1 oz HDS?
“I told him we needed to wait out the tide and wait for it to slow down, so let’s go hang out by Breton and see if it’s a little better”
This is an Albert Einsten, Captain America, thinking like you’re actually fishing instead of being spoonfed, ace in the hole move.
Simply move to where the current isn’t going to be ripping so hard, which tends to be islands. My man.
As soon as I read that I knew that was the spot.
That and for days now I’ve noticed a consistent clean rip on the Gulf side of Breton Island. Surely the fish are there or, at a bare minimum, it’s worth trying. Good on you for (literally) going the extra mile.
“It was an incredible day, but what made it so rewarding was applying all the knowledge I’ve gained to change location, tactics, etc and put together a damn good box.”
Isn’t that so much better than going to the same community hole and catching a few because it keeps you in your comfort zone?
Isn’t it just so much better than being spoonfed fishing spots?
“the rest were all 18-20”
Solid Breton Sound fish. Something just moved in my pants. I cannot wait for the reports to roll in of people complaining that they can’t catch slots anymore because all the fish are too big. That’s gonna be a celebration.
As mentioned before, great report, thanks for posting it!
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“Thinking about hitting the long rocks first”
For all the reasons I mention in 101, I would not go to the Long Rocks. You know it’s gonna be a boat show. And if you’re not sure, I just put out this video detailing it.
You’re better off figuring out where else speckled trout are biting.
If you did, I’d fish the tideline coming off of them at the ends, like what another member did in a recent report. Otherwise, I’d scoot right past the Long Rocks to fish the rigs the southeast, 32 Block and Five Wells.
32 Block is at 29° 33.484’N 89° 19.534’W
Five Wells is at 29° 33.847’N 89° 20.258’W
You can see them from the Long Rocks. Easy.
You want to fish there because the river is going down. Fish all the conditions.
Then I’d look hard at Breton Island, and the rigs between there and the end of the Long Rocks. You can see them.
Or, go fish the .kml I posted here, in the opposite direction to the north, which includes Comfort.
What boat are you running? I can’t remember what boat you guys run, that’s why I have it in the profile, so if you fill that out, I can reference it and have a good idea as to what’s doable.
I don’t think it’s gonna be slick calm out there, so maybe going toward Comfort is a better idea.
Honestly, Stone Island/Iron Banks may be a good idea, too. The water won’t be perfectly “trout green” but I bet the fish are in that crap. That’s what we in the biz call a “hint”.
“Spoil canal the quickest route to Curlew?”
C’mon guy, that’s easily measurable on GED. With that said, I’d take Baker’s Canal out if headed in that direction. There will probably be less boat traffic.
If you do go that way, I wouldn’t skip the Gulf side of Breton.
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“I once ran my old Go-Devil with a max speed of like 25mph from Eddie Pinto’s all the way down the back-levee canal to Martello Castle just to throw a gold spoon at the rocks on the right side”
Yeah, that’s an exercise in futility.
It’s always interesting to learn how people find LAFB, it’s usually through a Google search. Which is why I’m more inclined to make content that solves problems rather than entertains. That and I also think people watch my fishing trip videos in a (lame) effort to geolocate where I’m fishing, or as a dinner bell to be spoonfed when/where to fish. Which I’m so not into. Just…no.
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I want to say that file format is .gpx, IIRC.
Or it’s .gdb
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Yeah, I definitely pulled that .kml from on here. I am still looking for 2021 tracks from Cocodrie, but they are eluding me at the moment.
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There’s no need to make a new post, but admittedly I do not remember everything covered in the past, so I’ll say this:
If I were you, I’d head west to hit Elmer’s surf, Fourchon Barges, Belle Pass (inside and east side), then sunk rocks at Timbalier.
All that looks really good on Geosphere right now.
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I personally feel that’s too close in for speckled trout this time of year. You could certainly get into a handful out there, but you’d be better off fishing further out at places like Stone Island ( 29° 34.785’N 89° 31.974’W ) and Iron Banks. Basically the Black Bay area.
The rigs around that area are also worth trying.
I think you could fish redfish on the “inside” in Delacroix, but those same areas are hit by the dead shrimp guides and bow guides. That’s a lotta pressure.
I think your boat can do Black Bay with the predicted wind forecast for the 21st.
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I had a woman in the neighborhood stop me on my run this morning and ask if I’m training for something. I told her “the next speckled trout”.
As for solunar periods, you know my thoughts on that, but I’ll admit those thoughts apply to catching a limit of school trout. They don’t really apply to the biggens. Perhaps the biggens are more affected by that, and I’ll keep that in mind in the future. An open mind is key.
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Tip Of The Spear, this is your calling! Go do God’s work!!
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Yes, Lake Borgne has one, arguably two.
Here you go, starting at 28:39
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Is it sticking out above water? Is it a navigational hazard or is there enough water over the top of it? This is news to me.
