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Thanks for the report.

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Thanks for the report. I got a return on a tagged fish from over there back in march, which is typically when i thought most of those fish left. I guess im surprised the fish are still over there.

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@WestbankJosh here i am being all vague with locations haha

Why 0 sea turtles? Did you recently have an encounter?

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@Devin thats a myth. Mosquitos and gnats survive sub zero temps in alaska.

For mosquitos, OFF! works best for me. For gnats, amber romance or marsh romance.

Honestly though, i cover up. Even with no bugs, i dont like getting blasted by the sun so i cover up 100% of the time.

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If that is the point i think it is ( by like christmas camp lake** something like that***) in the biloxi marsh, its 100% oysters. Fishing that shore line every cast i was snagging oysters.

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It is the spot im thinking of. 100% oysters. Should be getting good over there soon, falling tide is needed.

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Also the lake p trout with worms, from what I’ve noticed, are far worse when fishing hard structure like rigs, reefs, bridges etc

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It’s personally believe that some estuaries are worse than others. The spring Delacroix fish, packed with worms every year. lake p seems to have the fewest worms.

I know the worms are related to sharks and shrimp… also visually you can tell which ones will be packed based on how many sores they have on them.

Delacroix is so bad that I won’t keep as many fish this time of year. To pull 8oz of worms out of a 1lb fish is too much for me lol and mentally it grosses me out lol

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The last time i looked, starlink service plan isnt cheap… Not a bad idea, but probably a waste of money… unless you really really want connectivity 100% of the time. I saw them at west marine.

I have 3 layers of communicating… my cellphone, VHF, and EPIRB. The epirb is worth the cost. Also there is no required subscription. They offer subscriptions if you want the satellite texting service, but not required in the event you need rescuing. They offer 2 types, one that auto deploys off a mount, or a portable type like i have… The portable one is awesome, because you can use it any time you go out in into the wilderness, like if you go into a national park and need rescuing.

The down side is because the battery expires, the entire epirb needs to be replaced every 5 years ( different models have different life spans)

@Devin while typing this up i looked at their site again, they make a EPIRB now that has AIS, so your family could track you in real time.

https://www.acrartex.com/products/resqlink-ais-personal-locator-beacon/

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haha thats funny. I didnt see that report i gotta see that.

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Oh and the double rig… I think one reason it was working so well that day is that when throwing a single jig, every cast it had dead weeds… By throwing a staggered double, the top jig was always clear… Then id pick up the second fish just reeling slow…

I saw Todd Mason (and you also) use a heavy double rig fishing the jump. it just makes sense to me… A heavy dropshot is already wonky to cast (having two line ends), why not make the sinker be a lure and possibly catch two lol

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Yeah i guess your right… I guess i mean i wasn’t fishing my own plan lol. I know fishing with josh has opened my eyes to the benefit of an angler network. In all my previous years my only network has been reading reports, and grinding. I have a few fishing buddies that id occasionally bounce ideas off of, like your buddy Capt. Adam Shields… He would point me in the right direction when i was just lost (multiple bad trips in a row). But other than that, it was lots of all day trips solo fishing different areas and trying different things. But yeah, i’m just starting to build my network, and it definitely helps.

Something I’m noticing though is that even when someone says “go here, at this time, use technique, etc. etc.” 99.9% of the time it just doesn’t always work out the same way. When i discovered my love for the MRGO winter jigging, it was because Adam had sent me that way because he caught like a million sheepshead the day prior… I went and caught zero sheepshead but stubbled across the trout bite. And have expanded on that experience every winter since…

I try to remember the areas we fish are EXTREMELY vast in comparison when your tossing a 3″ paddle tail in 10′ of water, only covering 50 yards of water a cast; Trying to hit a unseen MOVING target that could be as small as a few feet in diameter. Its amazing that we catch as much as we do! lol

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Yeah, i know in recent years they have put out a bunch of PSA’s for parents taking their kids to the beach or pool. Showing different colored bathing suits in the water, and how certain colors (and not obvious ones) will match the water color or not show as well. And if your drowning, or just floating in the ocean waiting to be rescued, you wanna be seen.

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FWIW i rented a cabin for my birthday at the end of March, they used starlink for their provider. Cant say i was super impressed with the performance. I mean i guess if i was using it out in the middle of the gulf and could stream video i would be impressed, but for home service, i wasnt impressed.

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My fishing buddy is my 2 year old son, i cant give up that easy on taking him lol