re: Need some ODB advice (caution fairly long read)

Guys, Thank ya'll so much for all the replies and offers. I created an email account just for this thread so I am gonna post it so none of ya'll will need to post any contact info on the board directly.

my email is:
lsufisherman2001@gmail.com

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I am originally from just outside Pascagoula Ms.

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Prayers sent brother as we're the same age. Back in the early-mid 80’s, each summer I’d visit my friends (last name Ates) who lived in Gautier. We did lots of skiing and fishing in the Pascagoula River and near Ingalls. Hung out at the Point and at the Singing River Mall. Sadly Hurricane Georges F’kd up a lot of that area which has a special place in my heart. I currently live in Lafayette and if you need anything just holler.

Well shite, I remember your post about moving down there.

I go solo on occasion and my family gets annoyed by it. I’ll be happy to go with you anytime and do all the work part. Or you can take a ride and hop on my boat and I’ll do all the work part. I usually fish Delacroix, sometimes I go out of myrtle grove.



Edited - just saw your email. I’ll email you when I get to work

I was able to get out this morning and fish around Catfish Lake in Golden Meadow and ran up Bayou Blue to the Sulfur mine. Water was high as hell and I had a hard time launching my boat because of it. In Catfish Lake the white trout, small specks and freaking gafftops were hitting pretty much anything I tossed out. I didn't stay there long because the gafftops were driving me crazy and one about 10lbs broke one of my cheap arse rods. I found some birds in Bayou Blue and fished them for awhile and picked up a few decent trout in the 14-16 inch range but there were a lot through backs.
Reds had to be way back in the marsh because I didn't even have a hint of a redfish bite either on plastic or on market shrimp under a cork. Hardheads loved the shrimp though.

I think they are still moving in and the water is still around 82-84 degrees. So it needs to cool down a good bit before the bite really picks up. A couple of good cold fronts will get the high water down to what it should be and the fish will concentrate in the canals instead of the marsh ponds.

One real positive I saw was the shrimp were thick as hell wherever I stopped. If the fish weren't chasing them up, my trolling motor was kicking them up. Since the bait is in the marsh, the specks won't be far behind.
I had a really good day, physically, and though I am a bit tired, I really enjoyed getting out.
The only fly in the ointment is I must have picked up some water in my gas somewhere because my motor started missing a bit coming in and by the time I got back to Catfish Lake I could only get up to about 15 mph and 2700 rpm. I will fix that tomorrow though.

WOW and WOW again,
I want to thank everyone for their responses of prayers and support. I have had 7-8 OB posters contact me on my email offering various types of help with my fishing buddy request. I knew the OB was full of good quality folks who share a love of the outdoors but I am currently really overwhelmed with the response to my post. I was really hesitant to post anything concerning my illness mainly because I don't want to "use the Cancer excuse" for things I want or need. Sometimes I have to ask for help and even though I hate that feeling, I have learned to accept that I simply cannot do the things I used to do.

Even if no fishing trips materialize from my post and request, I am extremely grateful for the responses and offers I have gotten so far. (I expect the fishing trips to pan out though)
You guys on here are some of the best people I have ever interacted with and though I don't know anyone on her in person yet, based on the thread and the emails I have gotten I am really looking forward to meeting some of ya'll.
Thanks again everyone,i
Tim

Lsu2001

To:dr but to answer the end question , I have a camper in golden meadow , fish catfish lake area last 20 yrs. we have multiple campers/fishermen/friends in our little compound.. we would love company in our boat anytime. Fall inside fishing is the best.
Let me know how to pm , get in contact.

I wish I had time off during the week, I'd certainly take you out or go in your boat. I live in Raceland, HMU if you want to make a weekend trip.

Email sent Always need new fishing buddies