LSUengr

Wife and I have picked it up along with line dancing. Stopped at a country bar in Dalllas area last week on the way home from Montana to do a little Texas two step. Fun times.

Said this last time we talked about snapper, would rather this than a 9 day season like before state took control. I think they re-count and find some quota for Labor Day weekend. Maybe not, but May 1 - August 9 was a pretty good run. I'm sure the state would love to hear everyones ideas on how to make the count more statisitcally accurate.

Reports haven't been great. Sub par weekend last weekend for Tarpon Rodeo after the storm came by. So far this week reports have been slow. 3 weeks ago, ran over to Buras and caught 60 specs and 40 whites on oyster reefs. Couple days before that, caught 30 specs on beaches east of the island. 7 man limit of snapper and some vermillion yesterday.

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surf is up in biloxi

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Dauphin Island Sea Lab bouy has had wave heights in the 8' range since early this morning.

Week Beginning Date End Date Running Total Running Percentage of Allocation
18 4-27-26 5-3-26 7,697 .9%
19 5-4-26 5-10-26 40,472 4.6%
20 5-11-26 5-17-26 97,941 11.1%
21 5/18/26 5/24/26 139,117 15.8%
22 5/25/26 5/31/26 207,108 23.5%
23 6/1/26 6/7/26 212,391 23.7%
24 6/8/26 6/14/26 268.606 30.4%
25 6-15-26 6-21-26 279.305 31.7%
26 6-22-26 6-28-26 416,410 47.2%
27 6-29-26 7-5-26 632,882 71.7%

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Yes they are great on the grill.

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Will try this next. Ate one fried and one from the oven this week. Both were great.

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Go out of Red pass or head due W to SW to get to GI.

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If weather allows, that is the easiest. If it is rough, you have several options some more riskier than others.

Out of Red Pass, you can go west passed Sandy Point then cut into Scofiled Bay through Bay Coquette. Have to watch it though on south and west side of coquette since there are sandbars in there from old islands. Once across Scofield, take the boat lane north and you can cut across Adams Bay and Lake Washington which puts you on the north end of Barataria.

Alternatively, you can continue across the gulf in front of Scofield, cut between Scofield and Shell island, then take the boat lane up towards Empire to cut across Adams.

Saturday of this past weekend, we fished Scofield Bay from GI marina. At first light we had 2 ft seas so we just ran the gulf to the Empire Jetty then north to Scofield. Had 2-3 ft seas on way back so we ran gulf and then went in behind the islands at Four Bayous (Quatre Bayou).

Use Google Earth Pro, if you don't already, to go back to old aerials and you can see more of what looks safe. I have used it to create waypoints when needed to avoid old stuff when making a new route.

Tides For Fishing is another free one. They all say the same stuff.

Daughter just went there a couple weeks ago when she went to rodeo in Cody. Said it was cool. She is being a horse wrangler for the summer on a private ranch about an hour from Cody. I'm envious when she tells us how awesome the weather is every day. Flying up early August to drive her car back from Billings so won't be near enough to stop myself.

Rigs and Reefs, first time I have actually heard of someone targeting them specifically. Have caught a few while red snapper fishing, but never caught more than a couple.