[GreenWater_Jon]

Thanks Daniel,

Very good report, and you’re right – these days a 17” fish is a ‘hammer’, and I suppose a 20” fish is a ‘maul’ (your biggest is more of a ‘sledgehammer’). All are rare, with the over-20” fish even more so – thanks for releasing them…

[GreenWater_Jon]

I’ve managed only four trout over 20” this year. My largest was a fish slightly over 21” in length, but absolutely enormous in girth. She was caught in early May at the Lake Borgne Block-22 gas platform (the large structure in the north part of the lake). This fish was the only one of the over-20” trout I kept – and she weighed nearly 4-1/2 pounds on my (genuine) Boga-Grip spring scale – after spending all night in the ice chest…

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I went today, and fished the Trestles on the Orleans Parish side. I was there 2-1/2 hours on a big falling tide and caught only five trout. I had quite a bit of company out there, even at mid-week. The fish were all keepers, up to 18”, but very hard to come by. My temperature gauge said surface temperatures were 54° to 56°F today. Does that sound right? Winter is coming…

[GreenWater_Jon]

Wow… I’ve fished fairly often in 2024, and have four fish over 20” all year – with perhaps another dozen or so over 17”. You pretty much equaled that in one morning – great day and really good report, thanks!

[GreenWater_Jon]

Just back from the annual Thanksgiving journey to the family compound (which is at Lake Fork, with a nice 21’ Ranger sitting on the lift, but so cold and windy I never wet a line), looking for Lake Pontchartrain basin info – that is NOT about fishing the bridges with 200 other boats. This is an epic report – many thanks, Daniel!

[GreenWater_Jon]

This is a really great report, even if the fishing wasn’t the best. The bigger specks hanging around the Rock Dam matches my own experience a few weeks back… Thank you!

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[GreenWater_Jon]

Sounds like a really great trip – huge kudos for setting up the trip for success with a three year-old, not an easy thing to do.

P.S. Star Bayou, just around the tip of Alligator Pount on the northeast side, is one of my favorite fall locations when the shrimp are running, thinking this had to be somewhere nearby. I saw both jacks and bull reds (though not together) tearing something up out in Lake Borgne on Friday (10/25), though I was in the northern part of the lake…

[GreenWater_Jon]

Many thanks – I have a friend who wants to go fishing on Monday (10/7), and won’t take ‘no’ for an answer, despite a 15-20 mph wind forecast. My plan was to launch at Shell Beach or Hopedale and fish the interior marsh to try to stay out of the wind, but this has been a funny year in the Biloxi Marsh and now I’m thinking we should at least have a look at the outer bays if at all possible, really appreciate the good report…

[GreenWater_Jon]

Really good tip on finding some larger fish. I’ve been finding small fish under the birds, too – so your tip about fishing good areas (points, reefs, tide lines, etc.) NEARBY for some better fish will probably be a big help for me, much appreciated…

[GreenWater_Jon]

Thanks Frank,

I go bass fishing (and take out-of-town visitors for gator watching) in Bayou Bonfouca, but have never really targeted specks and reds back there. I do recall finding lots of shrimp jumping back in one of the little tributary creeks in September of 2022, and did find trout and ladyfish along with the bass that day, and your report really makes me want to check it out again soon, much appreciated…

[GreenWater_Jon]

Great report, thanks! Never good to hear of fuel or ignition issues, but your plan to keep going made the most of a challenging day, all things considered. P.S. I am becoming a huge fan of the Marker 54 Glide Shrimp, works amazingly well under a cork…

[GreenWater_Jon]

Eden Isle got really strong south winds with up to 55 mph gusts from around 11:00 pm to 3:30 am. The winds drove three to four feet of water over the dock and into the yard, but no real damage done…

[GreenWater_Jon]

Thanks for the update – an app WOULD be very cool, looking forward to it…

[GreenWater_Jon]

Thanks Devin,

I started getting some weird “transducer overheat” messages on my sonar unit this summer. The messages were intermittent, usually happening late in the day after the unit had been running for several hours. Anyway, I learned that the root cause of the this problem is usually that the transducer temperature sensor had failed, or is starting to go out. I haven’t seen this message since early September, and my sensor obviously isn’t completely dead, but it could very well be reading too low, so I appreciate the insight…

[GreenWater_Jon]

That’s a good question… I have recently found some trout chasing white shrimp under the birds in inshore waters, so I’m wondering the same thing. The fish I’ve caught inshore have been mostly throwbacks, but with a few small keepers among them, too. I would imagine a good part of the spawning population has returned to the marsh by now, so I’m thinking Captain Devin is saying to keep an eye out and maybe get an early jump on the white shrimp bite. I will probably stay with the summer pattern a while longer, but will add some inshore spots to the plan to check on the way out and back…