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Cool. I’ll report back when I go. Thanks

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@mschultz304 any report for us? How bad is it over here on the east side of the river?

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@Devin but if I can’t harvest fish, what will I eat!?! 🤡

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I hate that we need government to protect us from ourselves.

I just don’t understand people. If I have to stop harvesting fish for a year, to have the fishing recover, then so be it.

But you’ll have dumbass people talking about dolphins eating ALL the trout.

“Yall just don’t know how to catch fish!”

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I’m also looking to go back to Venice while the river is low. But in general, February has been a rough month for me. Seems like the fish disappear, then show back up mid march.

If I do go down there, my main goal will be to venture out further than I did last time I went

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There’s really only one route that makes sense to take from bait inc. Make a route and post it, or simply look back at other posts on here. I posted a route once before recently

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@Boyce yeah I’m in Slidell. Haven’t tried the pearl, but i should go try there. I’ve always done pond fishing, afraid to find a submerged or floating tree with my boat.

But it looks like Josh is fishing from a fiberglass boat.

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It makes catch and release more fun in my mind lol

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Yeah you definitely need that cap to use it properly. Contact the seller.

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I’ve been there on my jet ski before. I don’t believe there’s a dock there, not sure how I feel about beaching my boat. not that it’s in great condition, I already have bottom chips in the hull I need to have repaired lol. But maybe it’s doable.

Is that a good sacalait location?

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I could see Todd doing it in a passive way. Like a year or so back he would say “ I won’t harvest any reds right now” because we were seeing so few of them. But he’s right back to harvesting them.

@Devin i agree with Boyce. I appreciate the article you wrote and have shared it. Our fishery needs someone with a voice to speak up.

I personally haven’t been out since the freeze but what I’m seeing reports wise, it doesn’t look like that many fish are being caught, my fear is that’s because there simply isn’t many left. I know you mentioned LDWF might put new regulations in place, but my question is when? They shouldn’t wait so long.

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Right… or chicken and cows like real Americans lol

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I wasn’t aware of their lack of response to the critical issues. I’ve done the star tournament the last 2 years but won’t be this year.

And yeah, “go Devin” for making that post about the freeze. People are friggin dumb. I said I wouldn’t waste time trying to enlighten (argue with ) people online in 2025, but it’s hard not to when I see people who think that 1000’s of dead game fish isn’t an issue.

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@Boyce you got me looking hard at the pearl now.

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Thanks for writing all that out. Yeah, we must run in different circles lol. I get a bunch of people who will express interest in going fishing, then when the time comes to go, they can never go. I end up fishing alone, which I don’t mind, but it really hinders experiences and opportunities like deck handing on a sport fisher. When I stayed in a slip the owner and I would go fishing and I learned quickly that not everyone fishes the same way. Like in August wants to leave the dock for 7am. That doesn’t work.

Maybe I’ll make that a goal for 2025. To try fishing with new people