Fishing Windy Conditions For Fall Speckled Trout in Hopedale, Louisiana

[@cliftoncowan8663]

Hey Devin, I like this format, I appreciate the grind of getting on fish. Thanks for your courses, they help refine my thinking and I've adopted alot of really helpful tips from you. They really have helped shorten my learning curve. Thanks for all you do to make us better fishemen!

[@LAFishBlog]

Thank you so much for your kind feedback!

[@fishboytroy]

Gotta Love a guy who shows a "realistic" example of what fishing in adverse conditions is like!

[@Mark-rr8te]

Capt. Devin, My opinion is the “extended” format is more representative of a fishing trip which I find very enjoyable and informative. Predominantly my fishing is just me dealing with conditions and adjustments to planned trip. Excellent video!!!

[@chrisanderson6432]

Great to see 'the grind' and not the edited 15-minute video of fish after fish. The grind shows the thought process and what goes into finding the fish. It also proves that even the experienced anglers don't go straight to the magic spot. The video may take a while to watch, but I just mark the spot and pick it up the next day. Great video and look forward to future unedited videos.

[@micahbourgeois9650]

Capt. Devin, love seeing the complete trip! As a member of LAFB Elite, it is nice to see your teachings in an unedited format. It reminds all of us that even the professionals have to grind it out occasionally. I fished Hopedale on the 17th and this trip reminds me almost exactly of my trip. A couple of trout here and there and when I finished the day at the rock dam I finished my limit. Keep up the great work! I know we all appreciate it!

[@la.fishsticker119]

I hope you continue to doing these videos. I seriously enjoy watching them! We are pretty much from the same school. Your tactics are the forgotten art of using artificial lures. And we were both captains at Ultimate along with running charters. I also decided that I'd much rather fish than cater to fishermen. Keep your line tight, and I look forward to seeing the next one.

[@Jlmccurnin]

Don't forget about our fishing trip you're supposed to take me on. I haven't forgotten Captain Devin. Thanks for all you do man. Sincerely.

[@LAFishBlog]

Ha ha ha ha ha!! Thanks for watching!

[@nolaguy8269]

I’m so glad that I’m not the only one who has to look at the map halfway through the day to try and find an area that fits conditions.

[@LAFishBlog]

Absolutely not. What I was looking at on the GPS were spots I already picked out based upon the conditions. I was definitely not looking at 10 year old imagery to figure out where to guess where to go by the seat of my pants. Absolutely not. Hell no. The process to picking out spots to fish based upon the conditions is what I teach inside LAFB Elite. Never would I go to the trouble required to make a video like this without that planning. No way. lol

[@nolaguy8269]

34:23 i know exactly where you are. I remember this. I was fishing that day with friends and ran into you around Pete’s lagoon. You still had the Pathfinder. We stopped and talked for a few. I remember seeing you and your buddy post a video later that day about slaying white trout in that bend. Great times. Hope to see you on the water again one day.

[@LAFishBlog]

Awesome, thanks for watching!

[@chadwilson6550]

I really enjoyed the raw video. It made me feel better about myself meaning the struggle is real for even the best. I was out that day and caught prob 100 small white trout. Wind was real. Thanks for that video really enjoyed it. I live in Mississippi and have a camp in Shell Beach. So I come often. Prob more than I can afford to. lol.

[@LAFishBlog]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.

[@chadwilson6550]

That was some bad ass fish towards the end. That hook in you paints sure was might close to a true disaster. Lol

[@PrimalGemini85]

Love your videos, brother. Good play showing just how much of a grind it really can be and how you can go through primary, secondary, tertiary, and more plans before you find what’s working. One of these days, I’ll get me a boat and start putting some of the stuff you’re preaching into practice. Until then, I’ll fish where I can when I can. Tight lines and happy belated Marine Corps birthday. Also at 34:57; I remember pulling your pathfinder by the anchor rope while we were wading Breton sound chasing mixed schools under working birds. One of these best days I’ve ever had on the water.

[@LAFishBlog]

Thanks for watching, Adam. I appreciate you and hope you've been well.

[@DIYHoover]

love your videos by the way ! and this format is awesome!

[@john21fishing83]

Devin, thank you for this format. For an avid angler like myself, I do not watch for spots and areas. I watch for your thought process! You have made me a better and improved fisherman for your knowledge and not fishing spots. Thank you again.

[@WalterLowery-qe8cw]

Really enjoy watching the fishing process without being edited. I also enjoy the boat ride scenery going from place to place and I feel like I’m right there in the boat. Great video!

[@LAFishBlog]

Thank you for watching!

[@nathanankersen4695]

Love both formats of videos tbh. You have a distinct style and while your short videos are good for a quick dopamine rush, these are like the extended release and mimic a day on the water so I'll definitely be enjoying these.

[@nathanankersen4695]

Also good to hear you talk like a human, not in your teaching voice. I understand the need for clarity when covering material, but yeah, you know what I mean man.

[@joeymcclinton2309]

I like the raw version much, much better as it shows the struggle is real even for an angler of Devin’s experience. I simply advance the video during the boat rides. Great video.

[@LAFishBlog]

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it!

[@gulfguy308]

I like this video. keep them coming please

[@LAFishBlog]

Will do. Thank you!

[@1Fine69c]

I've been an LAFB elite member for a few years now and my only request would be a course on targeting sheepshead. That is my favorite fish to eat and would like to be able to catch it more consistently. Other than that the courses are perfect for reds and trout.

[@hookmwoodfishingchannel9233]

I’m so GLAD to see you sir!!!!

[@trey6959]

Awesome video. Would love to see an uncut version like this of you fishing Venice and the tactics you use depending on the tide there. It’d be interesting to hear your thoughts on how the river effects the fishing there as well.

[@LAFishBlog]

If you're inside LAFB Elite then you might want to look at the Community because we've been talking/posting about the river a good bit. Thanks for watching.

[@joeysmith6154]

Capt., I can appreciate the “grind” bcuz it happens. We’re competing against nature on Her terms and that can make it frustratingly fun. Figuring out that day’s challenge is the truest reward. The box of fish is lagniappe !!! Keep the new format bcuz it shows the grind can get real. Right Coach ?

[@MrAlley32]

Great video. Keep em coming!

Awesome Ending Capt. If We Only Had Hindsight, That Damn Dam Was The Answer, Beautiful Fish and Informative Techniques, Great Job 🎣💪💯👍😎

[@briangibson8627]

Nice to see real fishing and not just highlights.

[@BruceIsbell]

Hi Devin, I like this format. I like to hear what you are thinking when not catching fish. I would like to see you measure the big fish that you caught at the end or if you would just guesstamate the size.

[@robbierussell5964]

Good stuff

[@LAFishBlog]

Glad you enjoyed

[@adupont-q9r]

Devin, I enjoy your videos. Can you speak more about the underwater conditions you are fishing. Mentioning depth or a ledge over there or I am fishing up a slope, etc. all give us a better picture of what you are doing.

[@randybourgeois5147]

Personally I prefer an unedited video. When you edit out all the fishing time and just leave the catching time people tend to think that fish are being caught almost every cast. Keep it like this and it makes it more realistic.

[@LAFishBlog]

Most of the time they are caught every cast, every other cast or much faster than what's depicted here. Those trips are much easier to edit for time because there's little need to. Thanks for watching.

[@MrBIGNAWD]

TAKE IT ANYWAY YOU SEND IT CAPT. DEVIN.... THANKS CAPT..

[@DIYHoover]

how to find them from shore line for those without boat 😅 Mandeville, Covington, Lacombe Slidell areas?

[@1Fine69c]

Monday the 11th we crushed the ducks in the morning then the trout mostly on the south side of the rock dam.

[@dixie3087]

Devin do you tether your cameras? Specifically thinking about the pole mounted camera. I’ve lost a brand new GoPro off my motorcycle because it wasn’t tethered. The mount snapped and I never did find it.

[@LAFishBlog]

I do not. I live life on the edge.

[@dixie3087]

@@LAFishBloghaha I heard ya. A little braided line with a safety pin/clip could save you a few hundred bucks + whatever footage is saved on it at the time. As an elite member, I think these long formatted videos are better for your site(people wanting to actually learn), whereas the shorter higher production videos are probably good promotion for your product.

[@thomaslonggun2694]

I wonder of all of the trout you caught, how many made it after you released them?

[@cliffhalljr3426]

90% minimum. For someone as skilled as Devin it’s probably somewhere closer to 95%

[@thomaslonggun2694]

@ During this video I didn’t see him take proper precautions to safely release fish many times! And from what I understand speckled trout are much more fragile after catch and release than several other species! Please don’t take me the wrong way my intentions were in no way to bash Devin in any way it was simply a curious question! I’m not a fan of catch and release at all for the simple fact fish are handled and stressed far too much by anglers, but I also believe in catching only what I want to eat! Enjoy your video’s Devin keep them coming!

[@cliffhalljr3426]

@@thomaslonggun2694there were many studies done by Greg Stunz and the Hart Institute on catch and release mortality rate. Devin mentions those studies in his videos. They grossly mishandled fish, wiped their slime scale off, and kept them out of the water for long periods of time. 90% of those trout survived (that % goes up with the skill level of the angler. What they found was as that as long as you don’t gut or gill hook a speckled trout it will survive. Catch and release, even if they aren’t perfectly handled, is extremely effective for speckled trout.

[@LAFishBlog]

Yeah, those trout are fine. What Cliff said is spot on, and he has caught and released many trout as well. After that, if you want more information then you should read my article about speckled trout discard mortality rate here: www.lafishblog.com/do-speckled-trout-die/ I've tagged and released well over 1,000 speckled trout, and most of those fish would spend hours in the boat with me, waiting in the livewell to be documented and released. They're fine. This whole "sP3cKleD tr0uT DiE" crap was brought on by people resistant to changing the limits to keep the trout from being overfished further. It was never an issue before that. It's a weak argument with nothing to back it up than personal anecdotes that were nowhere to be found before the Freshening. I'll accept all counter-arguments on my website at the link above.

[@LAFishBlog]

Learn my process to finding and catching fish based upon the conditions, right here on Louisiana's coast, inside my membership LAFB Elite: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHvSmXtmYs6qkMU

[@nolaguy8269]

You don’t bother with an ice slurry in the ice chest anymore?

[@dixie3087]

1:00:24 could’ve definitely taken two seconds so I didn’t have to hear you piss in surround sound! lol

[@johnfontenot7861]

Nothing like taking a hook in the wrong spot. Idk why you and the other youtubers i watch dont use boga grips, unless they injure the fish?

[@LAFishBlog]

I do, and it's not necessary to use it every time. Thanks for watching.

[@johnfontenot7861]

@ those slimy trout are just so hard to hold, loving this video, i like the traveling part cuz im curious as to what the biloxi marsh looks like, never been there but want to go. I was also awed at how the bite suddenly turned on.

[@tcheram]

Well done, raw footage. Every youtuber should at least time stamp their videos, so we don't just see the catching....

[@LLDWITHJ]

Man! Those hookups! New sub from my channel to yours

[@LAFishBlog]

Thank you, it looks like you've got great content as well.

[@wlacalle]

I think you should go back to editing your videos, this is too long. Would like to see more map and si overlays with information/description. I did watch the entire video and enjoyed it 👍

[@LAFishBlog]

Well, I appreciate the feedback. I did ask for it after all. But you must understand the amount of work that goes into producing those videos, and they hardly get tens of thousands of views over the space of years. If I wanted to put that level of production into content then I am better off telling ghost stories, unboxing toys, reaction videos or whatever other content people watch way more on KZbin. For me to spend two weeks to a month editing something (because that's what it all amounts to, more or less) it had better get v-i-e-w-s and it looks like this format (that took hardly a day to edit and render) is doing just as well at a fraction of the effort. I'd rather put the rest of that time working on content for LAFB Elite (after all, that's what I really do) or spending more time with friends and family. I'm sure you can understand. Thank you for your feedback, and thank you for watching.

[@Catchersmittone]

no one that hunts, fishes, and works has time to watch a three hour video. sorry.