swampmusic

Was fishing down river two weekends ago and found the motherlode of tripletail. We saw probably 30 or 40 on crab trap buoys but they were all undersized - maybe only one keeper that got off the line of course. I know they are usually heading out of south Louisiana this time of year so wondering if the big ones head out earlier than the small ones? Or did we just miss the keepers?

Taking my 24 ft Tideline to the tarpon rodeo next week and hoping to avoid trailering from Venice to GI. I am very familiar with Venice but have not spent much time on the west side of the river north of Red Pass. Thinking it might make sense to run up the river to Empire and then across behind the islands if its rough that day. Is there an inside route from Empire to Grand Isle that's easy to run?

I have a Florida marine tracks east Louisiana chip in my plotter. I emailed them and they said there was one marked on the chip but figured somebody here might have better info.