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Man that isnt promising at all. Thanks for the report though

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You shouldn’t have any trouble finding a deal on a used bay boats right now. Been seeing a few in the $30k that were selling for like $40-50k during covid.

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@Boyce you running 24v li time batteries? Or two 12v’s? 50amp or 100amp? curious because after that trip to Venice, I think I’m going to upgrade when I need to replace a lead acid again on either boat. Are you seeing more performance from the trolling motor or just more duration ?

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Awesome trip, hope it works out for you. Venice wasn’t bad last weekend, very little floating debris compared to spring.

Planning for Venice on GED is tougher than most places, it seems like it has to combine 20 different imagines to cover a 2 sq mile area. Idk why that is, I can only assume it has to do with the river changing. Then on the historical time slider, there isn’t a ton of dates to select. I know none of that helps you, just ranting about GED

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First off, thank you to @ShooterMcGrabbin for putting this trip together and inviting me. We have been trying to fish with each other since last winter. We both made so many genuine attempts to fish together, but it never lined up, it was great to finally go out. It was awesome getting to fish Venice with someone who has experience there.

I’m disappointed in myself for getting sea sick in 3’ of water, within walking distance from shore. So pretty much after 3 trout, I was chumming the water or trying not to chum the water (laying on the seat with my eyes closed lol). <font face=”inherit”> But didn’t get sick 2-3 miles out in the swells. Didn’t get sick the rest of the trip so that was great. It’s so hard to persevere when you legit feel like </font>you’re<font face=”inherit”> dying inside lol. In hindsight, I took the Dramamine too late on day one. Lesson learned there. </font>

Anyways great trip, great time, can’t wait to do it again

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Nature…. That is the main reason. Silence. The sound of birds flying over head on a dead calm morning. Too much to list. .

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Cant wait! Should be interesting if nothing else lol .

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Cool thanks man. You’re running a 36v on a 19’ aluminum bass tracker? Thing must be on plane trolling lol. I know my 16’ bass tracker does like double digit speeds with a 24v lol

I’m assuming you’re using their charger… I’ve resisted the urge to go lithium because of the cost but the Li time batteries aren’t much more. And I’m sure if I factored in replacing lead acids when they die, Im not saving anything with the lead acids.

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Lake Catherine and lake p from treasure isle to Carr drive is lined by camps. Geohagen* canal is super easy to navigate to in the dark and can be great. I’ll offer up some tips off the top of my head.

Start early but stay out late till at least midnight.

Glow colors work great.

Down sizing the lure can help produce bites.

If they are hitting the surface, they will readily hit topwater lures at night too.

I like to night fish areas I’ve been to in recent times, or get out there while there is still light, it just reassures me that there isn’t some new hazard I don’t know about. Nothing is guaranteed tho lol

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@Devin it’s something I struggle with because I hate writing reports for whatever reason. I’ve been meaning to try chat gpt to see if that helps.

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Idk seemed lucky to me lol. I will say that once we got to those nearshore rigs in the 20-60’ range, made me reconsider nearshore fishing. I think I love trout fishing so much because of the consistent bite once you find them, and those rigs provided that, whether it was white trout, red snapper, Cobia, permit, spade fish or whatever, it seemed like we had a decent bite the whole time.

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My June-August numbers are pitiful. Even more pitiful is how every year I say I’m going to keep better records, and each year I get to about June, and completely stop before picking back up after August…

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Your winter months are lacking lol

We are going to put some blue on those months from December-march

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Im a union guy, rarely will i say this, but yeah f*ck those handful of jobs. When ive seen them working, none look local to me anyways…

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I would do it similar to this post. I like to go out when the sun is setting that way i can still navigate with some light before total darkness sets in. Although, the bite doesnt normally really fire up till later, like midnight.

Be super cautious, gps will show you what is stationary usually, but it wont show a floating tree or a boater with no lights on. So go slow. Devin has a video on fishing that area at night.

One other thing, be respectful of peoples property. If you pull up to a dock, and the owner is out there, dont fish it. And if anyone is confrontational, be polite and move on. Some homeowners are super nice and polite, some will cut the lights off if they see you out there, and others will come out cursing you and throwing stuff at you. My decision is usually just to move on. They live there, have put a bunch of money into their docks, and im just some guy chasing fish around. They dont own the water, so you can legally fish these docks, but being nice and polite goes A LONG WAY. Respect their property, and they are usually cool.